Inflamed Colon and Pericardium: A Rare Combination of Colitis and Recurrent Pericarditis

A 29-year-old woman with severe ulcerative colitis presented with complicated recurrent pericarditis. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging showed improvement in pericardial inflammation with a prolonged course of anti-inflammatory therapy, but she developed several relapses on biologics. Rilonacept (n...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Ashwin K., Furqan, Muhammad M., Yesilyaprak, Abdullah, Verma, Beni R., Gad, Mohamed, Lak, Hassan M., Gangadharamurthy, Dakshin, Reyaldeen, Reza, Klein, Allan L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8353555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34401765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.04.009
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Sumario:A 29-year-old woman with severe ulcerative colitis presented with complicated recurrent pericarditis. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging showed improvement in pericardial inflammation with a prolonged course of anti-inflammatory therapy, but she developed several relapses on biologics. Rilonacept (newer interleukin-1 antagonist), disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, and pericardiectomy may be considered in such patients. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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