Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade requiring pericardial window in an otherwise healthy 30-year-old patient with COVID-19: a case report
Abstract Background This case report demonstrates pericardial effusion, acute pericarditis, and cardiac tamponade in an otherwise healthy woman who had a positive test result for coronavirus disease 2019. Few case reports have been documented on patients with this presentation, and it is important t...
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| author | Christina Walker Vincent Peyko Charles Farrell Jeanine Awad-Spirtos Matthew Adamo John Scrocco |
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| description | Abstract Background This case report demonstrates pericardial effusion, acute pericarditis, and cardiac tamponade in an otherwise healthy woman who had a positive test result for coronavirus disease 2019. Few case reports have been documented on patients with this presentation, and it is important to share novel presentations of the disease as they are discovered. Case presentation A Caucasian patient with coronavirus disease 2019 returned to the emergency department of our hospital 2 days after her initial visit with worsening chest pain and shortness of breath. Imaging revealed new pericardial effusion since the previous visit. The patient became hypotensive, was taken for pericardial window for cardiac tamponade with a drain placed, and was treated for acute pericarditis. Conclusion Much is still unknown about the implications of coronavirus disease 2019. With the novel coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, research is still in process, and we are slowly learning about new signs and symptoms of the disease. This case report documents a lesser-known presentation of a patient with coronavirus disease 2019 and will help to further understanding of a rare presentation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c2c395770c704252b81900f2dfbfa9652022-12-22T01:33:05ZengBMCJournal of Medical Case Reports1752-19472020-09-011411610.1186/s13256-020-02467-wPericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade requiring pericardial window in an otherwise healthy 30-year-old patient with COVID-19: a case reportChristina Walker0Vincent Peyko1Charles Farrell2Jeanine Awad-Spirtos3Matthew Adamo4John Scrocco5Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Boardman HospitalMercy Health St. Elizabeth Boardman HospitalMercy Health St. Elizabeth Boardman HospitalMercy Health St. Elizabeth Boardman HospitalMercy Health St. Elizabeth Boardman HospitalMercy Health St. Elizabeth Boardman HospitalAbstract Background This case report demonstrates pericardial effusion, acute pericarditis, and cardiac tamponade in an otherwise healthy woman who had a positive test result for coronavirus disease 2019. Few case reports have been documented on patients with this presentation, and it is important to share novel presentations of the disease as they are discovered. Case presentation A Caucasian patient with coronavirus disease 2019 returned to the emergency department of our hospital 2 days after her initial visit with worsening chest pain and shortness of breath. Imaging revealed new pericardial effusion since the previous visit. The patient became hypotensive, was taken for pericardial window for cardiac tamponade with a drain placed, and was treated for acute pericarditis. Conclusion Much is still unknown about the implications of coronavirus disease 2019. With the novel coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, research is still in process, and we are slowly learning about new signs and symptoms of the disease. This case report documents a lesser-known presentation of a patient with coronavirus disease 2019 and will help to further understanding of a rare presentation.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-020-02467-wCOVID-19Pericardial effusionAcute pericarditisCardiac tamponadeCase report |
| spellingShingle | Christina Walker Vincent Peyko Charles Farrell Jeanine Awad-Spirtos Matthew Adamo John Scrocco Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade requiring pericardial window in an otherwise healthy 30-year-old patient with COVID-19: a case report Journal of Medical Case Reports COVID-19 Pericardial effusion Acute pericarditis Cardiac tamponade Case report |
| title | Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade requiring pericardial window in an otherwise healthy 30-year-old patient with COVID-19: a case report |
| title_full | Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade requiring pericardial window in an otherwise healthy 30-year-old patient with COVID-19: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade requiring pericardial window in an otherwise healthy 30-year-old patient with COVID-19: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade requiring pericardial window in an otherwise healthy 30-year-old patient with COVID-19: a case report |
| title_short | Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade requiring pericardial window in an otherwise healthy 30-year-old patient with COVID-19: a case report |
| title_sort | pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade requiring pericardial window in an otherwise healthy 30 year old patient with covid 19 a case report |
| topic | COVID-19 Pericardial effusion Acute pericarditis Cardiac tamponade Case report |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-020-02467-w |
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