Cureus . An Unusual Presentation of COVID-19: Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusion With Tamponade Physiology

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Cureus


. 2021 Feb 19;13(2):e13438.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.13438.
An Unusual Presentation of COVID-19: Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusion With Tamponade Physiology


Brian Foster ¹ , Adnan Liaqat ¹ , Anjula Chib ¹ , Scott S Bolton ² , Arthur C Kendig ³



Affiliations

• PMID: 33758721
• PMCID: PMC7978392
• DOI: 10.7759/cureus.13438

Abstract

A 44-year-old woman with a history of factor V Leiden deficiency and recurrent pulmonary emboli was diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) three weeks prior presented to her local ED with severe chest pain. She was found to have a large hemorrhagic pericardial effusion by cardiac MRI with echocardiographic signs of tamponade. She underwent the creation of a pericardial window and was treated with colchicine with improvement in symptoms.

Keywords: cardiac tamponade; covid; covid and heart; covid pericarditis; covid-19; hemorrhagic pericardial effusion; hemorrhagic pericarditis; mri cardiac; pericardial effusion; viral pericarditis.