A Rare Cause of Pericardial Effusion : Giant Cell Arteritis

Joint Authors

Kutluturk, Faruk
Bekar, Lutfu
Sahin, Safak
Koseoglu, Resit Dogan
Yilmaz, Abdulkerim
Tasliyurt, Turker
Uzun Kaya, Suheyla
Sivgin, Hakan

Source

Case Reports in Rheumatology

Issue

Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-3, 3 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2014-01-02

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

3

Main Subjects

Diseases

Abstract EN

Giant cell arteritis is a granulomatous vasculitis characterized by medium or large sized vessel involvement.

Although extracranial branches of the carotid artery are typically involved, involvement of aorta and its major branches can also be seen.

Cardiac involvement has been encountered less frequently and pericardial effusion is rarely encountered.

In this paper, a case has been presented in which pericardial effusion was determined during the examination and diagnosis was giant cell arteritis.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Tasliyurt, Turker& Sivgin, Hakan& Bekar, Lutfu& Sahin, Safak& Uzun Kaya, Suheyla& Koseoglu, Resit Dogan…[et al.]. 2014. A Rare Cause of Pericardial Effusion : Giant Cell Arteritis. Case Reports in Rheumatology،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-471086

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Tasliyurt, Turker…[et al.]. A Rare Cause of Pericardial Effusion : Giant Cell Arteritis. Case Reports in Rheumatology No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-471086

American Medical Association (AMA)

Tasliyurt, Turker& Sivgin, Hakan& Bekar, Lutfu& Sahin, Safak& Uzun Kaya, Suheyla& Koseoglu, Resit Dogan…[et al.]. A Rare Cause of Pericardial Effusion : Giant Cell Arteritis. Case Reports in Rheumatology. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-471086

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-471086