Diagnosaurus
Pericarditis
Etiology
Infectious
- Viral (especially coxsackie and echovirus, also influenza, Epstein-Barr, varicella, hepatitis, mumps, HIV)
- Idiopathic (many likely viral)
- Tuberculous
- Bacterial, eg, extension from pulmonary infection, Lyme
- Malignancy, eg, lung, breast, renal cell, lymphoma
- Uremia
- Dressler's syndrome (post-MI or postcardiotomy)
- Radiation
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (including drug-induced, eg, procainamide, hydralazine)
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Scleroderma
- Mixed connective tissue disease
- Drugs: minoxidil, penicillins
- Myxedema
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Pericarditis." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114592/all/Pericarditis.
Zeiger RFR. Pericarditis. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114592/all/Pericarditis. Accessed November 29, 2023.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Pericarditis. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114592/all/Pericarditis
Zeiger RFR. Pericarditis [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2023 November 29]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114592/all/Pericarditis.
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