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Pericardiectomy reverses protein-losing enteropathy and achieves full recovery in a 10-year-old with idiopathic constrictive pericarditis.
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Constrictive pericarditis should be considered in children presenting with anasarca and protein-losing enteropathy, as it can be successfully treated with pericardiectomy.
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May warrant considering constrictive pericarditis in pediatric anasarca with protein-losing enteropathy; leaves open need for systematic pediatric data.
Sinnathamby et al. (2025) conducted a case report in Constrictive pericarditis with secondary protein-losing enteropathy (n=1). Pericardiectomy was evaluated. Pericardiectomy resulted in full clinical recovery and reversal of protein-losing enteropathy in a 10-year-old girl with idiopathic constrictive pericarditis.
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