Key result
Cholesterol pericarditis presents with cardiac tamponade in suspected tuberculosis.
Why the study?
Cholesterol pericarditis is a rare condition with unknown pathogenesis and typically causes large pericardial effusions that rarely lead to cardiac tamponade.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights a rare presentation of cholesterol pericarditis leading to cardiac tamponade, which is unusual for this condition.
Cholesterol pericarditis may cause tamponade; leaves open optimal diagnosis and management in TB-suspect cases.
The presence of cholesterol crystals in the pericardial fluid is a very rare finding of unknown pathogenesis with no more than 100 reported cases in literature. Patients with cholesterol pericarditis usually have large volume spills of slow development that are well tolerated, rarely causing cardiac tamponade or constrictive pericarditis. We report a case of cholesterol pericarditis with a severe pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade in a patient with an uncertain diagnosis of tuberculosis.
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Raya et al. (2012) conducted a case report in Cholesterol pericarditis with severe pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade (n=1). A rare case of cholesterol pericarditis presented with severe pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade in a patient with an uncertain diagnosis of tuberculosis.
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