Why the study?
Some pericarditis patients suffer from persistent pericardial effusion despite exhausting all conventional management options.
Does intrapericardial injection of corticosteroids resolve chronic resistant idiopathic pericardial effusion in a pediatric patient?
Does intrapericardial injection of corticosteroids resolve chronic resistant idiopathic pericardial effusion in a pediatric patient?
Intrapericardial injection of corticosteroids led to rapid and complete resolution of chronic resistant idiopathic pericardial effusion in a 4-year-old girl.
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are the conventional treatment for pericarditis. However, some patients will still suffer from persistence pericardial effusion despite exhausting all conventional management options. A 4-year-old girl with idiopathic pericardial effusion who did not respond to 2 months of conventional therapy had complete resolution of effusion within 5 days, with no recurrence after administration of intrapericardial steroids. As far as we know, this is the first published paediatric case who has shown a similar outcome to that seen in adult studies.
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