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Presentation of Case

A 30-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of fever, cough, shortness of breath, and a pericardial effusion.

Approximately one month earlier, the woman had noticed an increased heart rate and fluttering in her neck when she bent over; both were relieved when she stood upright. During these episodes, her heart rate was 100 to 120 beats per minute. One week later, she noticed shortness of breath after walking up one flight of stairs. Since the age of 19 years, she had had intermittent atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia, with heart rates of up to 180 beats per minute, and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Differential Diagnosis

Noninfectious Causes of Pericarditis

Infectious Causes of Pericarditis

Tuberculous Pericarditis

Clinical Diagnosis

Dr. Edward A. Nardell's Diagnosis

Pathological Discussion

Anatomical Diagnosis

Source Information

From the Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, Mass. (E.A.N.); the Departments of Cardiology (D.F.), Radiology (J.O.S.), and Pathology (E.J.M.), Massachusetts General Hospital; and the Departments of Medicine (E.A.N.), Cardiology (D.F.), Radiology (J.O.S.), and Pathology (E.J.M.), Harvard Medical School.

Related Letters:

Case 22-2004: A 30-Year-Old Woman with a Pericardial Effusion
Cook V. J., FitzGerald J. M., Nardell E. A.
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N Engl J Med 2004; 351:1804-1805, Oct 21, 2004. Correspondence

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Cook, V. J., FitzGerald, J. M., Nardell, E. A. (2004). Case 22-2004: A 30-Year-Old Woman with a Pericardial Effusion. NEJM 351: 1804-1805 [Full Text]