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Cholesterol crystals and IgE-containing immune complexes in rheumatoid pericarditis
J F Van Offel1, L S De Clerck, I E Kersschot
1Department of Rheumatology, Sint-Vincentius Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
Clinical Rheumatology
|March 1, 1991
Abstract:
A 72-year-old rheumatoid arthritis patient is described presenting with acute dyspnoea and peripheral oedema. A pericardial effusion with signs of tamponade was diagnosed. Examination of the pericardial fluid revealed the presence of cholesterol crystals and IgE-containing immune complexes. The significance of these findings in the differential diagnosis of pericardial disease is discussed.