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Acute pericarditis as a primary presentation of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is a highly contagious viral illness which conventionally manifests primarily with respiratory symptoms. We report a case whose first manifestation of COVID-19 was pericarditis, in the absence of respiratory symptoms, without any serious complications. Cardiac involvement in va...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7437700/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32816925 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-237617 |
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author | Kumar, Rajesh Kumar, Jathinder Daly, Caroline Edroos, Sadat Ali |
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description | The COVID-19 pandemic is a highly contagious viral illness which conventionally manifests primarily with respiratory symptoms. We report a case whose first manifestation of COVID-19 was pericarditis, in the absence of respiratory symptoms, without any serious complications. Cardiac involvement in various forms is possible in COVID-19. We present a case where pericarditis, in the absence of the classic COVID-19 signs or symptoms, is the only evident manifestation of the disease. This case highlights an atypical presentation of COVID-19 and the need for a high index of suspicion to allow early diagnosis and limit spread by isolation. |
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spelling | pubmed-74377002020-08-24 Acute pericarditis as a primary presentation of COVID-19 Kumar, Rajesh Kumar, Jathinder Daly, Caroline Edroos, Sadat Ali BMJ Case Rep Global Health The COVID-19 pandemic is a highly contagious viral illness which conventionally manifests primarily with respiratory symptoms. We report a case whose first manifestation of COVID-19 was pericarditis, in the absence of respiratory symptoms, without any serious complications. Cardiac involvement in various forms is possible in COVID-19. We present a case where pericarditis, in the absence of the classic COVID-19 signs or symptoms, is the only evident manifestation of the disease. This case highlights an atypical presentation of COVID-19 and the need for a high index of suspicion to allow early diagnosis and limit spread by isolation. BMJ Publishing Group 2020-08-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7437700/ /pubmed/32816925 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-237617 Text en © BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This article is made freely available for use in accordance with BMJ’s website terms and conditions for the duration of the covid-19 pandemic or until otherwise determined by BMJ. You may use, download and print the article for any lawful, non-commercial purpose (including text and data mining) provided that all copyright notices and trade marks are retained.https://bmj.com/coronavirus/usage |
spellingShingle | Global Health Kumar, Rajesh Kumar, Jathinder Daly, Caroline Edroos, Sadat Ali Acute pericarditis as a primary presentation of COVID-19 |
title | Acute pericarditis as a primary presentation of COVID-19 |
title_full | Acute pericarditis as a primary presentation of COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | Acute pericarditis as a primary presentation of COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | Acute pericarditis as a primary presentation of COVID-19 |
title_short | Acute pericarditis as a primary presentation of COVID-19 |
title_sort | acute pericarditis as a primary presentation of covid-19 |
topic | Global Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7437700/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32816925 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-237617 |
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