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===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Uncommon. | *Uncommon. | ||
Etiologies of pericarditis:<ref name=pmid22723538/> | |||
*Infectious: | |||
**Fungal. | |||
**Bacterial. | |||
*Idiopathic - most common. | |||
*Neoplastic. | |||
*Autoimmune, e.g. [[systemic lupus erythematosus]]. | |||
*Uremia - [[chronic renal failure]]. | |||
*Traumatic - post-surgical. | |||
*Associated with [[myocardial infarction]] - [[Dressler's syndrome]]. | |||
===Gross=== | |||
Features:<ref name=pmid22723538>{{cite journal |author=Peebles CR, Shambrook JS, Harden SP |title=Pericardial disease--anatomy and function |journal=Br J Radiol |volume=84 Spec No 3 |issue= |pages=S324–37 |year=2011 |month=December |pmid=22723538 |pmc=3473919 |doi=10.1259/bjr/16168253 |url=}}</ref> | |||
*Thickening. | |||
*+/-Pericardial [[effusion]]. | |||
Notes: | |||
*Normal pericardial fluid volume 5-35 mL.<ref name=pmid22723538/> | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||