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7800198

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-1-26
pubmed:abstractText
We report a case of a 73-year old railwayman with an asymptomatic large pericardial effusion diagnosed by a routine echocardiogram. By clinical and laboratory tests we excluded an immune, infectious, tuberculous and neoplastic origin of the pericardial effusion. A computed tomography scan of the thorax showed left pleural plaques. Pleural and pericardial biopsies showed fibrohyaline plaques and diffuse aspecific, chronic inflammation consistent with asbestos exposure. By using steroid treatment there was no further evidence of pericardial inflammation or pericardial effusion at 8 month follow-up. Steroid drugs are therefore suggested as a first choice treatment in patients with pleuropericardial effusion as well as chronic asbestos exposure.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0026-4806
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
85
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
555-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
[Exudative pericarditis with pleural plaques caused by exposure to asbestos, resolved with steroidal treatment].
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Patologia Speciale Medica, Università degli Studi di Bologna.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports