Clinical case of acute pericarditis in a young patient

• Nina G. Ostanina
• Elena K. Serezhina
• Andrey G. Obrezan

Abstract

Pericarditis is an inflammation of the visceral and/or parietal layers of the pericardium, which can be due to a variety of reasons. The clinician should be oncologically alert and remember that almost one in ten cases of pericarditis is due to a neoplasm. An example of this comorbidity is presented in the following clinical case.

Keywords:acute pericarditis; oncoalertness; neoplasm

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