IgG4-related disease with effusive-constrictive pericarditis, tamponade, and hepatopathy: a novel triad

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Sep 20;176(2):516-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.07.046. Epub 2014 Jul 12.

Authors

Pierre Charbel Atallah¹, Adnan Kassier², Stephanie Powers³

Affiliations

¹ William Beaumont Health System, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Royal Oak, MI 48073, United States. Electronic address: patallah2@gmail.com.
² William Beaumont Health System, Department of Internal Medicine, Royal Oak, MI 48073, United States. Electronic address: adnan.kassier@beaumont.edu.
³ William Beaumont Health System, Department of Pathology, Royal Oak, MI 48073, United States. Electronic address: stephanie.powers@beaumont.edu.

PMID: 25062559
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.07.046

No abstract available

Keywords: Autoimmune disease; Constrictive pericarditis; IgG4-related disease; Pericardial disease; Vasculitis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiac Tamponade / blood*
Cardiac Tamponade / complications
Cardiac Tamponade / diagnosis
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / blood*
Liver Diseases / blood*
Liver Diseases / complications
Liver Diseases / diagnosis
Male
Pericardial Effusion / blood*
Pericardial Effusion / complications
Pericardial Effusion / diagnosis
Pericarditis, Constrictive / blood*
Pericarditis, Constrictive / complications
Pericarditis, Constrictive / diagnosis

Substances

Immunoglobulin G