Acute Cardiac Tamponade in a 58-Year-Old Male with Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis

Wendy Bottinor; Daniel Fronk; Salima Sadruddin; Harriet Foster; Nilang Patel; Andreas Prinz; Ion S Jovin

doi:10.14797/mdcj-12-3-175

Acute Cardiac Tamponade in a 58-Year-Old Male with Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis

Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal

Volume 12 (2016): Issue 3

By: Wendy Bottinor, Daniel Fronk, Salima Sadruddin, Harriet Foster, Nilang Patel, Andreas Prinz and Ion S Jovin

Open Access

|Jul 2016

Abstract

Pericarditis in conjunction with nephritis is an uncommon clinical scenario with a broad differential diagnosis. We present the case of a 58-year-old male who developed nephritis and pericardial effusion with tamponade physiology. In the following, we discuss the differential diagnosis for concomitant nephritis and pericarditis and discuss the work-up performed on our patient. We also review the epidemiology of postinfectious glomerulonephritis in adults and describe previous cases of Streptococcus pyogenes pericarditis in the literature.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcj-12-3-175 | Journal eISSN: 1947-6108

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Language: English

Page range: 175 - 176

Published on: Jul 1, 2016

Published by: Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

postinfectious glomerulonephritis,

pericarditis,

cardiac tamponade,

acute kidney failure

© 2016 Wendy Bottinor, Daniel Fronk, Salima Sadruddin, Harriet Foster, Nilang Patel, Andreas Prinz, Ion S Jovin, published by Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
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