Acute pericarditis, Graves' disease, and thymic hyperplasia: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute pericarditis as a sign of mediastinal mass is rare and aetiological diagnosis can be challenging without adequate imaging.

Case summary

An 18-year-old woman came to our attention describing acute sharp chest pain radiated to the left arm, exacerbated with supine positioning and attenuated while sitting or leaning forward. The electrocardiogram showed diffuse ST elevation and PR depression, with sinus tachycardia. Cardiac biomarkers and D-dimer were negative; echocardiography showed no abnormalities and the absence of pericardial effusion. Her blood work revealed no sign of inflammation or bacterial infection (PCR and procalcitonin were normal); thyroid-stimulating hormone plasma levels were suppressed, showing decompensated thyrotoxicosis. Severe acute respi

SUBMITTER: Acquaro M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8526917 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature