Sparganosis Presenting as Pericardial Effusion and Lung Lesions

Non-traumatic pericardial effusion presenting as shortness of breath

Dyspnoea is a very common presentation in the emergency department (ED). Although cardiac and respiratory failures are common causes, we demonstrated the importance to consider non-traumatic pericardial effusion as a differential diagnosis for dyspnoea. Use of the ultrasound in the ED setting can help reach the diagnosis and provide timely and appropriate care for the patient.(Hong Kong j.emerg...

A Case of Sparganosis That Presented as a Recurrent Pericardial Effusion

Sparganosis is caused by a larval tapeworm of the genus Spirometra, which commonly invades subcutaneous tissue, but less frequently invades muscle, intestines, spinal cord, and the peritoneopleural cavity. The authors managed a female patient who presented with a recurrent pericardiopleural effusion and peripheral eosinophilia. The anti-sparganum-specific IgG serum level was significantly highe...

Cardiac juvenile xanthogranuloma in an infant presenting with pericardial effusion.

Juvenile xanthogranuloma is a rare histiocytic disorder of childhood mainly affecting skin and rarely deep soft tissues and viscera. We report a 2-month-old infant who presented with respiratory distress secondary to a large pericardial effusion associated with an epicardial mass. Excisional biopsy was performed and the mass was diagnosed as juvenile xanthogranuloma. The child is well without e...

Pericardial effusion.

A case of primary lung malignancy presenting as pericardial effusion with associated localised Epstein-Barr virus infection or persistence

A case of primary lung malignancy presenting as pericardial effusion with associated localised Epstein-Barr virus infection or persistence. Editor, Acute pericarditis and pericardial effusion has many causes including infections, malignancy, collagen vascular disease, autoimmune diseases, uraemia, myocardial infarction, trauma, surgery, medications and hypothyroidism.We report a rare case in wh...