Constrictive pericarditis masquerading as hepatic sequestration crisis in a patient with sickle cell disease: a case report

European Heart Journal. Case Reports
Zafraan ZatharEmily Ho

Abstract

Constrictive pericarditis is a challenging diagnosis that is easily overlooked. Worldwide, tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause; however, in the developed countries pericarditis and cardiac surgery are common aetiologies. Medical therapy can be sufficient in specific aetiologies preventing progression of constriction and thus surgery. A young student from Nigeria, with established sickle cell disease, presented with hepatomegaly and features of right heart failure. Following multiple investigations for hepatomegaly and pyrexia of unknown origin he was initially treated for hepatic sequestration crisis. After readmission with ongoing pyrexia, he was noted to have features of constrictive physiology on cardiac imaging. Constrictive pericarditis, secondary to TB, was suspected based on the patient's background and clinical features. He was empirically commenced on anti-TB therapy after a positive interferon-gamma release assay test; Mycobacterium tuberculosis was later isolated in sputum cultures. He made a successful recovery with full radiological resolution of constrictive features on follow-up cardiac imaging. Constrictive pericarditis remains an elusive diagnosis in the context of coexisting medical problems. Revisiting the...Continue Reading

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