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Pericardial Tamponade in a Patient with Inactive Ulcerative Colitis

Cardiac tamponade is a rare extraintestinal manifestation of ulcerative colitis. We present a case report of tamponade occurring four years after curative proctocolectomy and in the absence of any medical therapy for ulcerative colitis. Options for medical management of this condition are also discu...

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Autores principales: Rezaie, Ali, Wong, Karen, Gyenes, Gabor
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2829631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20204071
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/352417
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Sumario:Cardiac tamponade is a rare extraintestinal manifestation of ulcerative colitis. We present a case report of tamponade occurring four years after curative proctocolectomy and in the absence of any medical therapy for ulcerative colitis. Options for medical management of this condition are also discussed.