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Case Reports
. 1978 May;61(5):716-9.

Acute pericarditis associated with hepatitis B infection

R Adler, M Takahashi, H T Wright Jr
  • PMID: 149291
Case Reports

Acute pericarditis associated with hepatitis B infection

R Adler et al. Pediatrics. 1978 May.

Abstract

Patients infected with hepatitis B have demonstrated a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations other than hepatitis. Immune complex formation has been proposed as a possible mechanism for such varied disease presentations. The present report describes a case in which acute pericarditis is associated with hepatitis B surface antigen-positive disease. Speculations are made relating the pericardial changes to the formation of immune complexes following hepatitis B virus infection.

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