Sarcoidosis: An unusual cause of acute pericarditis

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-84

  Wyplosz, Benjamin ^a   Marijon, Eloi ^b   Dougados, Julie ^b   Pouchot, Jacques ^b  

^a HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Acute pericarditis; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; COLCHICINE; KETOPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SARCOIDOSIS; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOPSY; COLCHICINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDITIS; PERICARDIUM; SARCOIDOSIS; TUBULIN MODULATORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749252321     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.65.1.2045894     Document Type: Article

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