An Unusual Case of Parasitic Constrictive Pericarditis

Parasitic constrictive pericarditis is a rare entity. We present a case of a 75-year-old man who presented with dyspnea, ascites, and pedal edema and was found to have constrictive pericarditis on multimodality imaging with positive serology for Strongyloides Stercoralis. Treatment required ivermect...

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Autores principales: Agrawal, Ankit, Kumar, Ashwin K., Majid, Muhammad, Yesilyaprak, Abdullah, Verma, Beni, Arockiam, Aro Daniela, Badwan, Osamah, Syed, Alveena Batool, Klein, Allan L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37790764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101983
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author Agrawal, Ankit
Kumar, Ashwin K.
Majid, Muhammad
Yesilyaprak, Abdullah
Verma, Beni
Arockiam, Aro Daniela
Badwan, Osamah
Syed, Alveena Batool
Klein, Allan L.
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Kumar, Ashwin K.
Majid, Muhammad
Yesilyaprak, Abdullah
Verma, Beni
Arockiam, Aro Daniela
Badwan, Osamah
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description Parasitic constrictive pericarditis is a rare entity. We present a case of a 75-year-old man who presented with dyspnea, ascites, and pedal edema and was found to have constrictive pericarditis on multimodality imaging with positive serology for Strongyloides Stercoralis. Treatment required ivermectin and radical pericardiectomy with significant clinical improvement. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
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spelling pubmed-105442972023-10-03 An Unusual Case of Parasitic Constrictive Pericarditis Agrawal, Ankit Kumar, Ashwin K. Majid, Muhammad Yesilyaprak, Abdullah Verma, Beni Arockiam, Aro Daniela Badwan, Osamah Syed, Alveena Batool Klein, Allan L. JACC Case Rep Case Report Parasitic constrictive pericarditis is a rare entity. We present a case of a 75-year-old man who presented with dyspnea, ascites, and pedal edema and was found to have constrictive pericarditis on multimodality imaging with positive serology for Strongyloides Stercoralis. Treatment required ivermectin and radical pericardiectomy with significant clinical improvement. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) Elsevier 2023-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10544297/ /pubmed/37790764 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101983 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Agrawal, Ankit
Kumar, Ashwin K.
Majid, Muhammad
Yesilyaprak, Abdullah
Verma, Beni
Arockiam, Aro Daniela
Badwan, Osamah
Syed, Alveena Batool
Klein, Allan L.
An Unusual Case of Parasitic Constrictive Pericarditis
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title_short An Unusual Case of Parasitic Constrictive Pericarditis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37790764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101983
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