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J Am Soc Echocardiogr · Nov 1995
Case ReportsDisseminated coccidioidomycosis with rapid progression to effusive-constrictive pericarditis.
- R Oudiz, P Mahaisavariya, S K Peng, L Shane-Yospur, C Smith, F Baumgartner, and S Shapiro.
- Department of Medicine, St. Johns Cardiovascular Research Center, Torrance, CA, USA.
- J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1995 Nov 1; 8 (6): 947-52.
AbstractThis case reports coccidiomycosis presenting as pericarditis with tamponade rapidly progressing to effusive-constrictive pericarditis and death over 72 hours. Coccidiomycosis pericarditis is a rapidly progressing disease requiring early and complete pericardiectomy to avoid the hemodynamics of constriction. We illustrate the use of echocardiography in this case and demonstrate the histopathology. We review the literature and discuss therapy and management. Coccidiomycosis is often clinically unsuspected and unrecognized by the health care worker unfamiliar with the disease process.
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