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    Pericarditis

    Pericarditis is a topic covered in the Diagnosaurus.

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    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
    Noninfectious
    • 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 RF. Pericarditis. Diagnosaurus. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114592/all/Pericarditis. Accessed April 22, 2019.
    Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Pericarditis. In Diagnosaurus. Available from https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114592/all/Pericarditis
    Zeiger RF. Pericarditis [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2019 April 22]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114592/all/Pericarditis.
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