Cholesterol Pericarditis

Case Reports1 February 1961CHOLESTEROL PERICARDITISR. B. HAINING, M.D., R. G. HAINING, M.D.R. B. HAINING, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, R. G. HAINING, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-54-2-300 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptLittle or nothing is known of the pathogenesis of cholesterol pericarditis. Including their own case, Moe and Campos1 found 12 cases reported in the world literature, only four of these in American journals. Of the latter four, two were studied at autopsy. One of the four, reported by Creech and associates,2 was successfully treated by pericardiectomy.In March, 1959, Genecin3published a remarkable study of chronic pericardial effusion in two brothers, aged 17 and 24. The younger brother had cholesterol pericarditis and was successfully treated by pericardiectomy. The other brother was considered to have "pericardial effusion of unknown etiology." He...Bibliography1. MoeCampos ASFJ: Cholesterol pericarditis. Ann. Intern. Med. 47: 817-825, 1957. LinkGoogle Scholar2. CreechHicksSnyderErickson OMHEE: Cholesterol pericarditis. Circulation 12: 193, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Genecin A: Chronic pericardial effusion in brothers, with a note on "cholesterol pericarditis." Amer. J. Med. 26: 496-502, 1959. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. DanielPuder GS: Perikarditis et pleuritis cholesterinae. Virchows Arch. f. path. Anat. 284: 853, 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. HerzenbergFafius HG: Ueber die xanthomatöse (cholesterin) perikarditis. Zentralbl. f. allg. Path. U. path. Anat. 46: 97, 1929. Google Scholar6. EhrenhaftTaber JGRE: Hemopericardium and constrictive pericarditis. J. Thoracic Surg. 24: 355, 1952. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. Feasby WR: Pericardial effusion in myxedema. Amer. Heart J. 19: 749, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Gordon AH: Some clinical aspects of hypothyroidism. Canad. Med. Ass. J. 20: 7, 1929. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. HerrellJohnson GTC: Pericardial effusion in myxedema. Amer. Heart J. 25: 505, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. Freeman EB: Chronic pericardial effusion in myxedema: report of case. Ann. Intern. Med. 7: 1070, 1934. LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication September 15, 1959.Requests for reprints should be addressed to R. B. Haining, M.D., 540 North Central, Glendale 3, California. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCholesterol pericarditis terminating as constrictive calcific pericarditisRheumatoid arthritis, amyloidosis, and chylous effusionsIdiopathic Cholesterol Pericarditis Treated with PericardiectomyElevation of pericardial fluid sugar in a patient with idiopathic cholesterol pericarditisCholesterol pericarditisRadiocarbon cholesterol turnover in cholesterol pericarditisIdiopathic cholesterol pericarditis with effusionCHRONIC PERICARDIAL EFFUSION WITH CHOLESTEROL CRYSTALSCholesterol pericarditisMASSIVE PERICARDIAL EFFUSION WITH CHOLESTEROL CRYSTALS TREATED BY PERICARDECTOMYPericarditis 1 February 1961Volume 54, Issue 2Page: 300-306KeywordsAutopsyCholesterolElectrocardiographyEtiologyPathogenesis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1961 PDF downloadLoading ...