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.
Cordioli E., Pizzi C., Tondini C., Venturi P., Borghi A., Puddu G.M., et al. (1994). Cardiac tamponade and rheumatoid arthritis: Pharmacological or surgical approach?. MINERVA MEDICA, 85(7-8), 395-401.
Cardiac tamponade and rheumatoid arthritis: Pharmacological or surgical approach?
Cordioli E.;Pizzi C.;Bugiardini R.Ultimo
1994
Abstract
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.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
