Constrictive pericarditis is itself very rare in children, occurring in less than one in a million.
Prompt treatment can prevent complications such as
constrictive pericarditis and cardiac tamponade [3].
IgG4-related disease is now a well, although rare, recognized cause of pericardial disease (i.e.,
constrictive pericarditis) with several reports over the last years [6, 7].
Chylous ascites and chylopleura caused by
constrictive pericarditis are unusual clinical conditions.
Espinosa et al., "Echocardiographic diagnosis of
constrictive pericarditis Mayo Clinic criteria," Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, vol.
The differential diagnosis includes dilated cardiomyopathy,
constrictive pericarditis, tuberculous pericarditis and rheumatic heart disease.
Long cases taught in the Fourth Year and Final Year include spastic paraplegia, Flacid Paraplegia, Hmiplegia, PICA, Hypoglycemic Brain Injury, Pyogenic Meningitis, Viral Encephalitis, Tuberculous Meningitis, COPD, Asthma, Interstitial Lung Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, SLE, Systemic Sclerosis, Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis, Gout, Osteoarthritis, Congestive Cardiac Failure, Corpulmonale,
Constrictive Pericarditis, Myocardial Infarction, Hypertension, Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease, Infective Endocarditis, Atrial Fibrillation,
Despite the undeniable progress of diagnostic methods,
constrictive pericarditis is still a challenge for clinicians, as it requires a high index of suspicion.
The diagnosis of PMPM is a difficult one to make because its clinical picture is nonspecific: right sided heart failure due to cardiac tamponade or to
constrictive pericarditis. Unfortunately, 70% of these tumors are diagnosed postmortem.
Although pericarditis is common in SLE, cases of tamponade and
constrictive pericarditis are rare.
Because certain conditions can cause the same problems as HFpEF, the doctor will also check for pulmonary arterial hypertension, anemia,
constrictive pericarditis, and other diseases that can make the heart stiff, such as cardiac amyloidosis, hemochromatosis or cardiac sarcoidosis.