Acupuncture related acute purulent pericarditis masquerading uremic pericarditis.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2019
Abstract
We are reporting a rare case of acupuncture-related acute pericarditis in an old-aged gentleman due to Staphylococcus aureus infection who was successfully managed with drainage of pericardial fluid and broad-spectrum antibiotics. We also reviewed the literature and found cardiac tamponade as the most common acupuncture-related cardiac complication, followed by infective endocarditis, bacterial abscess, and infected myxoma. There was no available literature on post-acupuncture acute pericarditis.
Volume
9
Issue
3
First Page
230
Last Page
234
ISSN
2000-9666
Published In/Presented At
Ullah, W., Roomi, S., Sattar, Z., Ahmad, A., Ali, Z., Sarwar, U., & Figueredo, V. (2019). Acupuncture related acute purulent pericarditis masquerading uremic pericarditis. Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives, 9(3), 230–234. https://doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2019.1622380
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
31258863
Department(s)
Fellows and Residents
Document Type
Article