H:
Adult man, 79-years-old,
ascites and hepatosplenomegaly
INFO/WWW:
Constrictive
pericarditis is an encasement of the heart in a non-expansible pericardium
- usually after tuberculosis
- but may follow any cause of pericarditis, e.g. caused by viral infections
(coxsackie), malignant pericarditis or uraemia, trauma (operation) and Radiotherapy.
Pericarditis may cause pericardial
effusion.
D:
Constrictive pericarditis.
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