Calcific constructive pericarditis: a rare complication of CREST syndrome

P Panchal; E Adams; A Hsieh

doi:10.1002/art.1780390227

Calcific constructive pericarditis: a rare complication of CREST syndrome

Arthritis Rheum. 1996 Feb;39(2):347-50. doi: 10.1002/art.1780390227.

Authors

P Panchal¹, E Adams, A Hsieh

Affiliation

¹ Division of Rheumatology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.

PMID: 8849391
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780390227

Abstract

This report describes a patient with limited cutaneous scleroderma in whom calcific constrictive pericarditis developed. This complication of limited cutaneous scleroderma has not been reported previously.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Arthrography
CREST Syndrome / complications*
Calcinosis / complications*
Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Knee Joint / diagnostic imaging
Male
Pericarditis, Constrictive / complications*
Pericarditis, Constrictive / diagnostic imaging
Radiography, Thoracic