Pericarditis is a well-known complication of hypothyroidism. Although pericarditis and pericardial effusions have been reported as rare complications of hyperthyroidism in adults, they are rarely reported in the pediatric population. In this case report, we describe a 12-year-old, previously healthy girl with nighttime chest pain, dyspnea, tachycardia, and abnormal thyroid function studies consistent with hyperthyroidism who was found to have pericarditis and pericardial effusion requiring pericardiocentesis.
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Am J Case Rep
January 2025
Department of Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Department, University Hospital "Santa Maria della Misericordia" (ASUFC) Udine, Italy.
Background: Patients with pericarditis may show elevation of C-reactive protein (CRP) and pericardial effusion at presentation. There are limited data on the prognostic implications of this inflammatory phenotype.
Objectives: Aim of the present study is to evaluate the outcome of the inflammatory phenotype in a cohort of patients with acute pericarditis.
JACC Case Rep
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Cardiology Department, Schoen Hospital Neustadt, Holstein, Germany.
Primary cardiac tumors are a rare disease, with 20% of the cases being malignant. Among them, angiosarcoma is characterized by a short clinical course and poor prognosis, even after surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. We present a 67-year-old woman diagnosed with a primary malignant tumor (angiosarcoma) infiltrating the right atrial myocardium.
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