Pericarditis*

Pericarditis*: Excerpt from A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis

Idiopathic^†

Infection
Viral [e.g., acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)]^†

Bacterial^†

Mycobacterial^†

   Mycoplasmal
Fungal^†

Parasitic^†

   Spirochetal (e.g., Lyme disease)
Acute myocardial infarction
Uremia^†

Neoplasm^†

Aortic dissection with hemopericardium
Connective-tissue or hypersensitivity diseases^†

   Postmyocardial infarction (Dressler's syndrome)
   Postpericardiotomy
   Drugs
       Penicillin
       Methysergide
       Daunorubicin and doxorubicin
       Minoxidil
       Dantrolene
       Bleomycin
       Cyclophosphamide
       Practolol
   Systemic lupus erythematosus
       Idiopathic
       Drug-related
          Hydralazine
          Procainamide
          Phenytoin
          Isoniazid
          Methyldopa
   Mixed connective-tissue disease
   Scleroderma
   Wegener's granulomatosis
   Rheumatoid arthritis
   Polyarteritis nodosa
   Polymyositis
   Reiter's syndrome
   Ankylosing spondylitis
   Serum sickness
   Acute rheumatic fever
Trauma^†

   Penetrating wounds
   Catheter- or pacemaker-induced cardiac
perforation
   Blunt chest trauma
   Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
   Cardiothoracic surgery
   Cardioversion
   Pancreatic-pericardial fistula
Chylopericardium
Pseudoaneurysm neptune
Cholesterol pericarditis
   Idiopathic
   Rheumatoid arthritis
   Hypercholesterolemia
   Myxedema
   Tuberculosis
Talc or other foreign substance
Sarcoidosis
Postirradiation^†

Esophageal rupture
Uncommon miscellaneous etiologies
   Congenital heart disease (e.g., atrial septal defect)
   Familial Mediterranean fever
   Right atrial myxoma
   Degos' disease
   Gaucher's disease
   Myeloid metaplasia
   Amyloidosis
   Silicosis
   Giant cell arteritis
   Scorpion fish sting
   Pseudomyxoma peritonei
   Severe chronic anemia (e.g., thalassemia)
   Pancreatitis
   Whipple's disease
   Acute gouty arthritis
   Associated with atrial septal defect
   Pulmonary thromboembolism
   Takayasu's disease
Mulibrey nanism^†

   Nontraumatic hemopericardium
   Inflammatory bowel disease
   Behçet's disease

References

1. Lorell BH, Braunwald E: Pericardial Disease, p. 1478. See Bibliography, 1.

2. Hancock IW: Pericardial Diseases, p. 461. See Bibliography, 5.

*See also 2-J.

^†May be commonly associated with development of constrictive
pericarditis.

Book Source Details

• Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
• Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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