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COVID-19 constrictive pericarditis

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D A Whitelaw, T Pohl

Abstract


COVID-19 has been reported to affect a variety of organs. We report a case of constrictive pericarditis in a patient who had contracted the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Other possible causes such as tuberculosis and metabolic causes were considered, but excluded by special investigations

Authors' affiliations

D A Whitelaw, Department of Medicine, Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

T Pohl, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

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Keywords

COVID-19; Constrictive pericarditis; Differential diagnoses

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South African Medical Journal 2022;112(2):86.

Article History

Date submitted: 2022-02-01
Date published: 2022-02-01

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