TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sawhney, V.
AU  - Maksunova, O.
AU  - Ahsan, S.
AU  - Ozkor, M.
AU  - Westwood, M.
TI  - Lesson of the month 1: Pericardial mass and cardiac tamponade associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae
PY  - 2014///
N1  - NMUH Staff Publications; 14
N2  - <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Mycoplasma pneumoniae primarily causes respiratory tract infections. Extrapulmonary manifestations are seen in 20-25% of cases. Cardiac involvement is rarely reported. We present a unique case of a <span class="highlight" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">pericardial</span> <span class="highlight" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">mass</span> and cardiac <span class="highlight" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">tamponade</span> associated with a Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia. This required emergency <span class="highlight" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">pericardial</span> fenestration. The patient improved dramatically postoperatively on antibiotics and there was no recurrence of the <span class="highlight" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">pericardial</span> effusion on follow up. This case highlights the often forgotten invasive properties of a common respiratory tract pathogen and emphasises the need to consider this easily treatable entity in the differential diagnosis of idiopathic <span class="highlight" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">pericardial</span> effusions.</span&gt
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25301923
UR  - http://www.clinmed.rcpjournal.org/content/14/5/549.full.pdf+html
ER  -