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Constrictive pericarditis: rare but reversible cause of protein losing enteropathy

Part of: Advanced Imaging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2022

Nishant C. Shah Open the ORCID record for Nishant C. Shah [Opens in a new window] ,
Laszlo Kiraly  and
Hazem El Badaoui
Nishant C. Shah*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiac Science, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Laszlo Kiraly
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Science, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE Department of Public Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Hazem El Badaoui
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiac Science, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
*
Address for correspondence: N. C. Shah, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiac Science, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, AL Karamah Street, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Tel: + 971 56 8314342. E-mail: nishah@seha.ae
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Abstract

Constrictive pericarditis is uncommon in children. It results from scarring and consequent loss of the normal elasticity of the pericardial sac and is most commonly seen as a late sequelae of idiopathic or viral pericarditis. Here, we report a case of protein losing enteropathy as a complication of constrictive pericarditis in a 2-year-old child. Pericardial thickening was demonstrated by cardiac MRI and subsequent pericardiectomy led to remarkable improvement and resolution of protein losing enteropathy.

Keywords

Constrictive pericarditisprotein losing enteropathypericardiectomy
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Original Article
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , January 2023 , pp. 76 - 78
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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