Pneumonia-related infiltration of the pericardium mimics pericardial effusion, with an echocardiographic finding, surgical result, and outcome

• Egile Nagusiak: Abdijalil Abdullahi Ali (Egilea), Nazan Bitir (Egilea), Ahmed Omar Mohamed (Egilea), Ali Abdulkadir Ali Siyad (Egilea), Mohamed Omar Hassan (Egilea), Said Abdirahman Ahmed (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Elsevier, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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The pericardial sac in a healthy person holds 15-50 mL (mL) of serous fluid.Pericardial effusion (PE) is caused by an abnormal buildup of pericardial fluid in the space around the heart.We present here a 2-year-old healthy child who presented with shortness of breath, fever, and poor feeding for 2 d...