Open AccessMyopericarditis in a patient with hepatitis C and cryoglobulinemic renal disease
Author(s) -
Ali Mohamoud A.,
Kayani Waqas Z.,
Linzie Bradley M.,
Punjabi Gopal V.,
Wetmore James B.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.788
Subject(s) - medicine , myopericarditis , pericardial effusion , cryoglobulinemia , cardiac tamponade , complication , hepatitis c , pericarditis , hepatitis c virus , immunology , virus
Key Clinical Message Although cryoglobulinemia is a well‐appreciated complication of hepatitis C ( HC ), myopericarditis with resulting pericardial effusion is extremely rare, especially in the absence of a liver transplant. In patients with HC , pericardial effusion with impending tamponade can be a florid and potentially life‐threatening manifestation of multiorgan cryoglobulinemic disease.