Graft-versus-host disease: a case report of a rare but reversible cause of constrictive pericarditis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Constrictive pericarditis (CP), although an uncommon cause of heart failure, requires specialist multidisciplinary input and multi-modality imaging to identify the underlying aetiology and treat potentially reversible causes.

Case summary

We report the case of a 74-year-old gentleman referred for assessment of progressive exertional dyspnoea and peripheral oedema, 30 months following treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia with high-dose chemotherapy and allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Clinical examination and cardiac imaging revealed a small pericardial effusion and pericardial thickening with constrictive physiology; however, no aetiology was identified despite diagnostic pericardiocentesis. The patient required recurrent hospital admissions for intravenous d

SUBMITTER: Pieri CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7180538 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature