Pericardial effusion and tamponade in the context of herpes zoster: a novel occurrence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pericarditis and pericardial effusion are relatively common hospital presentations, which rarely result in cardiac tamponade. The aetiology is often undetermined and presumed idiopathic or viral. This article reviews varicella zoster virus (VZV)-associated pericardial effusion and peri/myopericarditis and constitutes the first report of VZV-associated cardiac tamponade in the adult population.

Case summary

We report the case of a 59-year-old woman who presented to hospital with pleuritic chest pain, haemodynamic instability, and a recent herpes zoster rash in the left T1 distribution. Computed tomography revealed a large pericardial effusion, and echocardiography showed features of cardiac tamponade. The patient was treated with pericardial drainage. Aspirate anal

SUBMITTER: Easton A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9800266 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature