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[Chylopericardium after acute pericarditis]
J Gabriel Martínez1, E Marco, F Marín
1Unidade de Cardiología, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante.
Revista Espanola De Cardiologia
|March 1, 1996
Abstract:
We present an 18 year-old man with chylopericardium after acute pericarditis with severe pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade secondary to Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. We review the etiology, diagnostic procedures and therapeutic possibilities for chylopericardium.