Bacterial pericarditis presenting as hemorrhagic pericardial effusion in a 6-year-old girl
oleh: Saxena Anita, Singh Navneet, Ramakrishnan S, Kothari Shyamsunder
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| Diterbitkan: | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2008-01-01 |
Deskripsi
Hemorrhagic pericardial effusion is known to occur due to tuberculosis, malignancy, uremia or trauma. We present a rare case of a 6 year old girl with bacterial pericarditis who had hemorrhagic pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade.