Pericarditis in a Patient With Legionnaires' Disease
- 1 June 1982
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 142 (6) , 1234-1235
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1982.00340190194033
Abstract
• 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. (Arch Intern Med 1982;142:1234-1235)This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: