1. Cardiac tamponade in a patient with severe dengue fever.
- Author
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Fernandes AIV, Mendes CL, Simões RH, Silva AEVF, Madruga CB, Brito CAA, Castellano LR, and Cordeiro MT
- Subjects
- Adult, Echocardiography, Female, Humans, Radiography, Thoracic, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Cardiac Tamponade diagnostic imaging, Cardiac Tamponade virology, Severe Dengue complications
- Abstract
A 26-year-old postpartum female presented with symptoms characteristic of dengue fever on the 16th day of puerperium. On the third day of the illness, the patient presented a clinical picture consistent with shock. Tests determined primary infection with dengue virus serotype 2. Cardiac tamponade was confirmed by echocardiography. This rare manifestation is described in a patient without any associated comorbidity.
- Published
- 2017
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