A 56-Year-Old Man With Cardiac Tamponade and Eosinophilia

Chest. 2018 Dec;154(6):e173-e176. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.06.031.

Abstract

A 56-year-old man was admitted to the ICU with chest pain, cough, hemoptysis, increasing dyspnea, and orthopnea for 1 week. The patient reported an 8-kg weight loss over the last month and recurrent wheezing episodes for approximately 1 year. He had a history of tobacco smoking and excessive alcohol consumption, both of which he stopped 15 years ago. His medical history included high BP treated with amlodipine and an episode of drug-induced angioedema 8 years ago. He had no history of recent travel.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy / methods
  • Cardiac Tamponade* / diagnosis
  • Cardiac Tamponade* / etiology
  • Cardiac Tamponade* / physiopathology
  • Cardiac Tamponade* / therapy
  • Churg-Strauss Syndrome* / complications
  • Churg-Strauss Syndrome* / diagnosis
  • Churg-Strauss Syndrome* / physiopathology
  • Dyspnea / diagnosis
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Electrocardiography / methods
  • Eosinophilia* / diagnosis
  • Eosinophilia* / etiology
  • Glucocorticoids / administration & dosage
  • Hemoptysis / diagnosis
  • Hemoptysis / etiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methylprednisolone / administration & dosage*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pericardium / pathology*
  • Prognosis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Methylprednisolone