Key result
Acute Legionnaires' infection linked to progressive pericardial constriction requiring pericardiectomy after prior mediastinal irradiation.
Case Report (n=1)
Acute infection with agents like legionnaires' bacillus may precipitate late appearance of pericardial disease in patients with prior mediastinal irradiation.
May prompt infection screening in post-irradiation constriction; case report leaves open causal role and generalizability.
Pericardial involvement with legionnaires' disease is rare. Pericarditis with legionnaires' pneumonia developed in a patient with previous mediastinal irradiation for Hodgkin's disease. Subsequently, the patient had progressive symptoms of pericardial constriction that required pericardiectomy. Acute infection with agents such as legionnaires' bacillus may precipitate the late appearance of pericardial disease in patients with previous mediastinal irradiation.
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Bruce W. Landes (1982) conducted a case report in Pericarditis with Legionnaires' disease (n=1). Acute infection with Legionnaires' bacillus was evaluated on Pericardial constriction requiring pericardiectomy. Acute infection with Legionnaires' bacillus precipitated progressive pericardial constriction requiring pericardiectomy in a patient with previous mediastinal irradiation.
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