What is the differential diagnosis of pericardial thickening or effusion?
What is the differential diagnosis of pericardial thickening or effusion?
Aortic dissection
Trauma
Neoplasm (melanoma, lymphoma, metastasis from breast or lung)
Metabolic disorder (e.g., myxedema)
Inflammatory disorder (e.g., post myocardial infarction [Dressler's syndrome], post thoracotomy)
Infection (e.g., viral, fungal, bacterial, tuberculous)
Iatrogenesis (radiation, isoniazid, hydralazine, procainamide)
Idiopathy
Collagen vascular disease
Uremia
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