[Protein-losing enteropathy revealing an idiopathic constrictive pericarditis]

Rev Med Interne. 2007 Jan;28(1):38-41. doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2006.10.320. Epub 2006 Nov 14.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Introduction: The cause of protein-losing enteropathy is sometimes difficult to establish. It can be rarely due to a constrictive pericarditis.

Exegesis: We report a patient presenting a protein-losing enteropathy revealing a constrictive pericarditis.

Conclusion: Chronic pericarditis should be evoked in case of unexplained protein-losing enteropathy. Echocardiography can sometimes be normal. Therefore, chest computed tomography scan or cardiac MRI followed by confirmation right heart catheterization should be performed in case of persistent unexplained protein-losing enteropathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pericarditis, Constrictive / complications*
  • Pericarditis, Constrictive / diagnosis*
  • Protein-Losing Enteropathies / etiology*