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Sclerotherapy of oesophageal varices may induce chronic constrictive pericarditis in children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2022

Saïd Bichali Open the ORCID record for Saïd Bichali [Opens in a new window] ,
Justine Uguen ,
Nathan Giroux ,
Bénédicte Romefort ,
Cécile Feildel-Fournial ,
Morgane Dumortier ,
Dalila Habes  and
Dominique Caldari
Saïd Bichali*
Affiliation:
Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology Ward, Department of Pediatrics, Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, F-59000 Lille, France Cardio-Pediatrics Unit, Department of Pediatric Specialties, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France
Justine Uguen
Affiliation:
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of General Pediatrics, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France
Nathan Giroux
Affiliation:
Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology Ward, Nancy University Hospital, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
Bénédicte Romefort
Affiliation:
Cardio-Pediatrics Unit, Department of Pediatric Specialties, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France
Cécile Feildel-Fournial
Affiliation:
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of General Pediatrics, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France
Morgane Dumortier
Affiliation:
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of General Pediatrics, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France
Dalila Habes
Affiliation:
Pediatric Hepatology and Pediatric Liver Transplantation Unit, National Reference Centre for Rare Pediatric Liver Diseases and Filfoie, Bicêtre Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
Dominique Caldari
Affiliation:
Pediatric Gastro-Enterology Unit, Department of Pediatric Specialties, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France
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Author for correspondence: Saïd Bichali, CHU Lille, 2 Avenue Oscar Lambret, 59000 Lille, France. Tel: +33 3 20 44 59 62. E-mail: said_b91@hotmail.fr
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Abstract

Constrictive pericarditis is rare in children and can be difficult to diagnose. It has been described in adults after sclerotherapy of oesophageal varices but not in children. We report two cases of chronic constrictive pericarditis after sclerotherapy of oesophageal varices in children with portal cavernoma. Constrictive pericarditis should be considered as a cause of refractory ascites.

Keywords

Constrictive pericarditisoesophageal varicessclerotherapyascitesheart failurecavernoma
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Brief Report
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 33 , Issue 7 , July 2023 , pp. 1186 - 1188
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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