Fig. 10.1 Stepwise parsimonious approach to diagnosing the etiology of pericardial effusion Simple clinical assessment has been shown to assist in establishing the diagnosis: large effusion without ‘inflammatory’ signs or…
Fig. 11.1 Pericardial adenosine deaminase activity in various causes of effusion: A box and whisker plot of the distribution of pericardial ADA activity in the various diagnostic classes. OTHER other…
Infectious causes (>2/3 of cases) Viral (especially enteroviruses, adenoviruses, EBV, CMV, parvovirus, HCV, HIV) Bacterial (especially tuberculosis) Other (rare): fungal (rare; histoplasma more likely in immunocompetent patients; aspergillosis, blastomycosis, candida…
