A rare case of purulent pericarditis arising from a hepato-pericardial fistula

Purulent pericarditis is a rare but severe complication of bacterial pericarditis, often secondary to intrathoracic infections, and can cause a hepatic abscess that ruptures into the pericardium, which is an uncommon symptom with a high mortality rate if untreated. We report on a 52-year-old man wit...

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Principais autores:	Khaled Alaboud Alkheder, Omar Farooq Al-Nahhas, Yousif Basim Al-Khafaji, Ammar Alshirazi Alssabagh, Sudarshana Reddy Thiyyagura
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2026-01-01
Series:	Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
Assuntos:	bacterial infections echocardiography enterobacter infections hepatic abscess hepato-pericardial fistula multidisciplinary care pericardial effusion pericardiectomy purulent pericarditis sepsis
Acceso en liña:	https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/tjem.tjem_256_24
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