[Cardiac tamponade and rheumatoid arthritis: medical approach or pericardiectomy?]. 1994

E Cordioli, and C Pizzi, and C Tondini, and P Venturi, and A Borghi, and G M Puddu, and R Bugiardini
Istituto di Patologia Speciale Medica, Università degli Studi di Bologna.

The authors report the case of a sixty-seven-year-old man with seronegative rheumatoid arthritis since 1967. After the treatment was discontinued, a symptomatic pericardial effusion developed during an exacerbation of rheumatoid arthritis. Histological findings suggested a rheumatoid origin. Consecutive pericardiocentesis and a concomitant adequate treatment resolved cardiac tamponade, at least during short-term follow-up. However, a long term observation will be necessary to exclude recurrent effusion or evolutive constrictive pericarditis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010490 Pericardial Effusion Fluid accumulation within the PERICARDIUM. Serous effusions are associated with pericardial diseases. Hemopericardium is associated with trauma. Lipid-containing effusion (chylopericardium) results from leakage of THORACIC DUCT. Severe cases can lead to CARDIAC TAMPONADE. Chylopericardium,Hemopericardium,Chylopericardiums,Effusion, Pericardial,Effusions, Pericardial,Pericardial Effusions
D010492 Pericardiectomy Surgical excision (total or partial) of a portion of the pericardium. Pericardiotomy refers to incision of the pericardium. Pericardiotomy,Pericardectomy,Pericardotomy,Pericardectomies,Pericardiectomies,Pericardiotomies,Pericardotomies
D002305 Cardiac Tamponade Compression of the heart by accumulated fluid (PERICARDIAL EFFUSION) or blood (HEMOPERICARDIUM) in the PERICARDIUM surrounding the heart. The affected cardiac functions and CARDIAC OUTPUT can range from minimal to total hemodynamic collapse. Pericardial Tamponade,Cardiac Tamponades,Pericardial Tamponades,Tamponade, Cardiac,Tamponade, Pericardial,Tamponades, Cardiac,Tamponades, Pericardial
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D001172 Arthritis, Rheumatoid A chronic systemic disease, primarily of the joints, marked by inflammatory changes in the synovial membranes and articular structures, widespread fibrinoid degeneration of the collagen fibers in mesenchymal tissues, and by atrophy and rarefaction of bony structures. Etiology is unknown, but autoimmune mechanisms have been implicated. Rheumatoid Arthritis

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