ASYMPTOMATIC PERICARDITIS IN ADAMANTIADIS-BEHCETS DISEASE

Authors
VAIOPOULOS G STAMATELOS G AESSOPOS A MICHAEL S CHRISTOPOULOS G KAKLAMANIS P
Citation
G. Vaiopoulos et al., ASYMPTOMATIC PERICARDITIS IN ADAMANTIADIS-BEHCETS DISEASE, Clinical and experimental rheumatology, 13(5), 1995, pp. 649-651
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Clinical and experimental rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0392856X
Volume
13
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
649 - 651
Database
ISI
SICI code
0392-856X(1995)13:5<649:APIAD>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Pericardial involvement in Adamantiadis-Behcet's disease (ABD) is unco mmon. A 14-year-old boy presented with fever of unknown origin, as the initial and only manifestation of his disease. Other features were le ukopenia, abdominal lymphadenopathy and asymptomatic pericarditis, whi ch is a very rare finding of the disease. A review of pericarditis is presented.