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An Intact Pericardium Ischemic Rodent Model
Published on: September 2, 2021
[Protein-losing enteropathy revealing an idiopathic constrictive pericarditis]
D Launay1, M Lambert, E Hachulla
1Service de médecine interne, centre national de référence des atteintes vasculaires de la sclérodermie, hôpital Claude-Huriez, CHRU de Lille, université Lille-II, rue Michel-Polonovski, 59037 Lille cedex, France. d-launay@chru-lille.fr
Introduction:
The cause of protein-losing enteropathy is sometimes difficult to establish. It can be rarely due to a constrictive pericarditis.
Exegesis:
We report a patient presenting a protein-losing enteropathy revealing a constrictive pericarditis.
Conclusion:
Chronic pericarditis should be evoked in case of unexplained protein-losing enteropathy. Echocardiography can sometimes be normal. Therefore, chest computed tomography scan or cardiac MRI followed by confirmation right heart catheterization should be performed in case of persistent unexplained protein-losing enteropathy.
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