Recurrent tuberculous pericarditis.

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Case Reports1 December 1952RECURRENT TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITISRAY C. JANOVSKY, M.D., JOHN F. BOETTNER, M.D., H. SCOTT VANORDSTRAND, M.D., F.A.C.P., DONALD B. EFFLER, M.D.RAY C. JANOVSKY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN F. BOETTNER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, H. SCOTT VANORDSTRAND, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, DONALD B. EFFLER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-37-6-1268 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptShock and pain are seldom considered to be prominent manifestations of tuberculous pericarditis. The onset of the disease is usually insidious, and pain, when present, has been most often reported as a dull ache, vaguely localized to the chest.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 In the case to be reported the patient was a robust, stoical individual who, many times, presented himself with the sole complaint of agonizing chest pain.CASE REPORTThe patient, a 45 year old telephone lineman, was first seen on December 29, 1945, because of an upper respiratory infection associated with ill-defined precordial pain. His...Bibliography1. BurchWinsor GET: Tuberculous pericarditis with effusion, Clinics 1: 166, 1942. Google Scholar2. Thompson WP: Primary tuberculosis of the pericardium, J. A. M. A. 100: 642, 1933. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. FineKatz MJS: Clinically primary tuberculosis of the pericardium, Dis. of Chest 10: 60, 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Clarke JA: Clinically primary tuberculous pericarditis, Am. J. M. Sc. 177: 115, 1929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. HeimannBinder HLS: Tuberculous pericarditis, Brit. Heart J. 2: 165, 1947. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. HarveyWhitehill AMMR: Tuberculous pericarditis, Medicine 16: 45, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. White PD: Chronic constrictive pericarditis, Circulation 4: 288, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. Riesman D: Primary tuberculosis of the pericardium, Am. J. M. Sc. 122: 6, 1901. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. StepmanOwyang TRE: Clinically primary tuberculous pericarditis, Ann. Int. Med. 27: 914, 1947. LinkGoogle Scholar10. Suzman S: Tuberculous pericardial effusion, Brit. Heart J. 5: 19, 1943. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. BelletMcMillanGouley STMBA: Tuberculous pericarditis, a clinical and pathologic study based on a series of seventeen cases, M. Clin. North America 18: 201, 1934. Google Scholar12. BarrettCole AML: A case of tuberculous pericarditis, Brit. Heart J. 6: 185, 1944. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. Giles WT: A case of tuberculous pericarditis with effusion treated by means of pneumopericardium, Am. Heart J. 7: 771, 1931-32. Google Scholar14. Brown M: Acute benign pericarditis, New England J. Med. 18: 666, 1951. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. TalmageSuccasunna WGNJ: Acute benign pericarditis, a report of two cases in young adults, Am. Heart J. 29: 623, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. LogueWendkos RBMH: Acute pericarditis of benign type, Am. Heart J. 36: 587, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar17. Willius FA: Clinic on acute serofibrinous pericarditis secondary to acute pharyngitis, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 9: 637, 1934. Google Scholar18. NathanDathe DARA: Pericarditis with effusion following infections of the upper respiratory tract, Am. Heart J. 31: 115, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar19. TaubenhausBrams MWA: Treatment of acute non-specific pericarditis with aureomycin, J. A. M. A. 142: 973, 1950. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20. Pohl AW: Acute pericarditis, a report of eight cases in which the etiology was "nonspecific" or cryptic, Ann. Int. Med. 32: 935, 1950. LinkGoogle Scholar21. Wolff L: Acute pericarditis simulating myocardial infarction, New England J. Med. 230: 422, 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Cleveland, Ohio*Received for publication March 22, 1952.From the Department of Medicine, St. Luke's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio (Dr. Janovsky and Dr. Boettner), and from the Departments of Medicine (Dr. VanOrdstrand) and Surgery (Dr. Effler), Cleveland Clinic. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byA Historical PerspectiveTuberculous pericarditisOn pericardiocentesisTuberculous pericarditis∗Erkrankungen des PerikardPERICARDIAL BIOPSYPostviral myopericarditis associated with the influenza virusTuberculous pericarditis among veterans 1 December 1952Volume 37, Issue 6Page: 1268-1274KeywordsHospital medicineIschemiaPainShockSurgeryTuberculosisUpper respiratory tract infections Issue Published: 1 December 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...