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Acute rheumatic pericarditis

MedGen UID:
56368
•Concept ID:
C0155555
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Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Active rheumatic fever with pericarditis; Acute rheumatic fever with pericarditis; Acute Rheumatic Pericarditis
SNOMED CT: Acute rheumatic pericarditis (15676002); Active rheumatic fever with pericarditis (15676002); Acute rheumatic fever with pericarditis (15676002)

Definition

Inflammation of the pericardium in acute rheumatic heart disease. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAcute rheumatic pericarditis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Complications of adult-onset Still's disease and their management.
Mitrovic S, Fautrel B
Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2018 May;14(5):351-365. Epub 2018 Apr 26 doi: 10.1080/1744666X.2018.1465821. PMID: 29658384
Bacterial pericarditis: diagnosis and management.
Pankuweit S, Ristić AD, Seferović PM, Maisch B
Am J Cardiovasc Drugs 2005;5(2):103-12. doi: 10.2165/00129784-200505020-00004. PMID: 15725041
Adult onset Still's disease and collapsing glomerulopathy: successful treatment with intravenous immunoglobulins and mycophenolate mofetil.
Bennett AN, Peterson P, Sangle S, Hangartner R, Abbs IC, Hughes GR, D'Cruz DP
Rheumatology (Oxford) 2004 Jun;43(6):795-9. Epub 2004 Mar 23 doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh172. PMID: 15039497

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Haematuria, transient proteinuria, serpiginous-border skin rash, and cardiomegaly in a 10-year-old girl. Diagnosis: Acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis associated with acute rheumatic pericarditis.
Lin WJ, Lo WT, Ou TY, Wang CC
Eur J Pediatr 2003 Sep;162(9):655-7. Epub 2003 Jun 11 doi: 10.1007/s00431-003-1255-2. PMID: 12802684
Acute rheumatic pericarditis.
Rathore MH, Barton LL
Pediatr Infect Dis J 1989 Mar;8(3):183-4. PMID: 2710591

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