Pericardial effusion

Pericardial effusion: Introduction

Pericardial effusion: Occurs when there is an abnormal collection of fluid within the pericardial sac. See free access online books about Pericardial effusion below. See detailed information below for a list of 37 causes of Pericardial effusion, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Pericardial effusion:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Pericardial effusion. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Iatrogenic
• Infection
• Malignancy
• Idiopathic
• Uremia
• Collagen vascular disease
• Radiation induced
• Aortic dissection
• Myxoedema
• more causes...»

See full list of 37 causes of Pericardial effusion

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Pericardial effusion: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Pericardial effusion, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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• Pericardial effusion and Heart symptoms (22 causes)
• Pericardial effusion and Nerve symptoms (21 causes)
• Pericardial effusion and Sensations (20 causes)
• Pericardial effusion and Muscle weakness (19 causes)
• Pericardial effusion and Pain (19 causes)
• Pericardial effusion and Behavioral symptoms (18 causes)
• Pericardial effusion and Muscle symptoms (18 causes)
• Pericardial effusion and Weakness (17 causes)
• Pericardial effusion and Breathing difficulties (16 causes)
• Pericardial effusion and Respiratory symptoms (16 causes)
• Pericardial effusion and Fatigue (16 causes)
• Pericardial effusion and Personality symptoms (16 causes)
• Pericardial effusion and Swelling symptoms (16 causes)
• Pericardial effusion and Breath symptoms (15 causes)
• Pericardial effusion and Temperature symptoms (15 causes)
• Pericardial effusion and Chest pain (14 causes)
• Pericardial effusion and Cough (14 causes)
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See full list of 1321 Symptom Checker combinations related to Pericardial effusion

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Pericardial effusion

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Pericardial effusion:

• Pericarditis (72 causes)
• Coxsackie virus
• Infection (300 causes)
• Cancer
• Tuberculosis
• Renal failure (157 causes)
• Heart surgery
• Trichinosis
• Post myocardial infarction pericarditis
• Lupus
• Pericardiocentesis
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Diagnostic Guides for Pericardial effusion

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Pericardial effusion from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Pericardial effusion. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Pericardial effusion

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Pericardial effusion: Self Assessment Tools

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Pericardial effusion: Medical Mistakes

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Pericardial effusion: Undiagnosed Conditions

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Hospitals & Clinics: Pericardial effusion

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Misdiagnosis and Pericardial effusion

Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss, there are varying degrees of severity. It is altogether too common for people to die from undiagnosed heart attack, or from delaying too long to call...read more »

Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something milder. Some of the conditions which may be causes of chest pain, causing fear of a...read more »

Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations and rapid heartbeat. In rare cases, this...read more »

Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed, leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed. People become concerned that a...read more »

Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure. The "cuff" around the arm to measure blood pressure can simply be too...read more »

Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even more likely in children. Some of the symptoms of hypertension...read more »

Dressler's syndrome or post- MI syndrome: Dressler’s syndrome also known as the post- MI syndrome usually occurs a few weeks after the infarction. It appears to be an immunological reaction characterized by pericarditis, fever and...read more »

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Pericardial effusion: Related Rare Diseases

Rare types of medical conditions and diseases in related medical categories:

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  • Hemochromatosis -- Rare Types
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Rare Types
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Pericardial effusion

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Causes of Pericardial effusion listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Pericardial effusion as a symptom include:

• Amyloidosis
• Bronchogenic cyst
• Dilated cardiomyopathy
• Dissecting aortic aneurysm
• Dressler's syndrome
• Hypothyroidism
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Myocardial rupture
• Pericarditis
• Scrub typhus
• more causes...»

See full list of 37 causes of Pericardial effusion
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Definitions of Pericardial effusion:

Pericardial effusion: increased fluid within the pericardial sac; can cause circulatory compromise by compression of the heart; most often caused by inflammation, infection, malignancy, and uremia. SYN: dropsy of pericardium.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Fluid collection within the pericardial sac, usually due to inflammation. -- 2003
- (Source - Diseases Database)

An abnormal collection of fluid inside the sac that covers the heart.
- (Source - National Cancer Institute)

Detailed list of causes of Pericardial effusion

The list below shows some of the causes of Pericardial effusion mentioned in various sources:

• Amyloidosis
• Aortic dissection
• Bacterial pericarditis - pericardial effusion
• Bronchogenic cyst
• Cantu Sanchez-Corona Garcia-cruz syndrome - pericardial effusion
• more causes...»

See full list of 37 causes of Pericardial effusion

How Common are these Causes of Pericardial effusion?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Pericardial effusion. Of the 37 causes of Pericardial effusion that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 0 causes are "very common" diseases
• 0 causes are "common" diseases
• 1 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 3 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 33 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 37 causes of Pericardial effusion

Conditions listing symptoms: Pericardial effusion:

The following list of conditions have 'Pericardial effusion' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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Causes of Pericardial effusion Based on Risk Factors

This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Pericardial effusion based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient: