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COVID-19 constrictive pericarditis
D A Whitelaw, T Pohl
Abstract
COVID-19 has been reported to affect a variety of organs. We report a case of constrictive pericarditis in a patient who had contracted the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Other possible causes such as tuberculosis and metabolic causes were considered, but excluded by special investigations
Authors' affiliations
D A Whitelaw, Department of Medicine, Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
T Pohl, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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Keywords
COVID-19; Constrictive pericarditis; Differential diagnoses
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South African Medical Journal 2022;112(2):86.
Article History
Date submitted: 2022-02-01
Date published: 2022-02-01
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