1. Acute Cardiac Tamponade in a 58-Year-Old Male with Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis.
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Bottinor W, Fronk D, Sadruddin S, Foster H, Patel N, Prinz A, and Jovin IS
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- Acute Disease, Cardiac Tamponade diagnosis, Cardiac Tamponade surgery, Diagnosis, Differential, Follow-Up Studies, Glomerulonephritis diagnosis, Glomerulonephritis microbiology, Glomerulonephritis therapy, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pericardial Effusion diagnosis, Pericardial Effusion surgery, Renal Dialysis, Streptococcal Infections diagnosis, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Cardiac Tamponade etiology, Glomerulonephritis complications, Pericardial Effusion complications, Pericardiocentesis methods, Streptococcal Infections complications
- Abstract
Pericarditis in conjunction with nephritis is an uncommon clinical scenario with a broad differential diagnosis. We present the case of a 58-year-old male who developed nephritis and pericardial effusion with tamponade physiology. In the following, we discuss the differential diagnosis for concomitant nephritis and pericarditis and discuss the work-up performed on our patient. We also review the epidemiology of postinfectious glomerulonephritis in adults and describe previous cases of Streptococcus pyogenes pericarditis in the literature.
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- 2016
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