A case of giant cell arteritis with massive pericardial effusion.
Heart Vessels
; 26(5): 562-4, 2011 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-21290132
ABSTRACT
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the medium and large blood vessels. The early symptoms of this disease are nonspecific, and pericardial effusion is a rare manifestation of GCA. Recently, we investigated a case of GCA in which massive pericardial effusion was the initial symptom, and active aortitis was observed on positron emission tomography with fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose. These observations indicated that pericardial effusion could occur in patients with GCA.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Derrame Pericárdico
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Arteritis de Células Gigantes
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Heart Vessels
Asunto de la revista:
CARDIOLOGIA
Año:
2011
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón