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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