Bacterial pericarditis presenting as hemorrhagic pericardial effusion in a 6-year-old girl

• Main Authors: Saxena Anita (Author), Singh Navneet (Author), Ramakrishnan S (Author), Kothari Shyamsunder (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Hemorrhagic pericardial effusion is known to occur due to tuberculosis, malignancy, uremia or trauma. We present a rare case of a 6 year old girl with bacterial pericarditis who had hemorrhagic pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade.