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The syndrome of pericarditis, arthritis, and camptodactyly: an under-recognized cause of pericardial constriction in children?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Alfonso Buendía ,
Fause Attié  and
Manuel Martínez-Lavin
Alfonso Buendía
Affiliation:
Institute National de Cardiologia Ignatio Chavez, Mexico
Fause Attié
Affiliation:
Institute National de Cardiologia Ignatio Chavez, Mexico
Manuel Martínez-Lavin*
Affiliation:
Institute National de Cardiologia Ignatio Chavez, Mexico
*
Manuel Martínez-Lavín MD, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Juan Badiano #1, 14080 Mexico D.F., Mexico. Tel: (525)5732911 exc. 175; Fax: (525)5730994; E-mail: mmlavin@infosel.net.mx
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Abstract

The syndrome encompassing the combination of pericarditis, arthritis, and camptodactyly is a rarely described cause of pericardial constriction in children. It is likely that this association is being under-recognized. We report a new case in which the skeletal abnormalities were subtle. The syndrome should be included in the differential diagnosis of any child with persistent non-inflammatory pericardial effusion. A careful search at the bedside for the associated skeletal abnormalities should lead to the correct diagnosis. Pericardiectomy is the treatment of choice.

Keywords

Constrictive pericarditiscamptodactylyarthritisfibrosis

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Brief Reports
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 9 , Issue 5 , September 1999 , pp. 526 - 528
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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