27 May 2021: Articles
An Unusual Case of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis Presenting as Impending Cardiac Tamponade in a Patient with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Challenging differential diagnosis, Management of emergency care, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis), Rare coexistence of disease or pathology
Ryan B. Sinit A , Janet H. Leung * , Wayne S. Hwang B , J. Susie Woo B , David M. Aboulafia A*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.929249
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e929249
Table 3. Etiologies of pericardial effusions/cardiac tamponade with a focus on causes related to patients living with HIV/AIDS.
| Collagen-vascular disease |
| Metastatic adenocarcinoma |
| AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma |
| Primary lymphoma |
| Primary leukemia |
| Post-acute myocardial infarction |
| Myocarditis |
| Pericarditis |
| (iatrogenic or otherwise) |
| Uremia |
| Anti-infection drugs |
| Antineoplastic therapy for HIV-related neoplasms |
| Psychotropic drugs |
| Recreational drugs |
| (presumed infectious or immune-mediated) |