Surgical and Medical Management of Purulent Bacterial Pericarditis With Pericardial Mass in a Young Child

Samiksha Tarun, MD, MSc; Luv Makadia, MD; Salih Demirhan, MD; Shivang S. Shah, MD, DPhil; Marc D. Foca, MD; Emile A. Bacha, MD; Lauren Thai, MD; Neha Bansal, MD; Carlos A. Pagan, MD; Oliver M. Barry, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Jun 2023)

Surgical and Medical Management of Purulent Bacterial Pericarditis With Pericardial Mass in a Young Child

Samiksha Tarun, MD, MSc,
Luv Makadia, MD,
Salih Demirhan, MD,
Shivang S. Shah, MD, DPhil,
Marc D. Foca, MD,
Emile A. Bacha, MD,
Lauren Thai, MD,
Neha Bansal, MD,
Carlos A. Pagan, MD,
Oliver M. Barry, MD

Affiliations

Samiksha Tarun, MD, MSc: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr Samiksha Tarun, New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, 3959 Broadway, New York, New York 10032, USA.
Luv Makadia, MD: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
Salih Demirhan, MD: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, New York, New York, USA
Shivang S. Shah, MD, DPhil: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
Marc D. Foca, MD: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, New York, New York, USA
Emile A. Bacha, MD: Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
Lauren Thai, MD: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, New York, New York, USA
Neha Bansal, MD: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, New York, New York, USA
Carlos A. Pagan, MD: Department of Pathology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
Oliver M. Barry, MD: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15
p. 101834

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Purulent bacterial pericarditis is rare and associated with significant short- and long-term morbidity. We report a case of purulent bacterial pericarditis caused by Group A Streptococcus in an immunocompetent young child presenting with a pericardial mass. She was successfully treated with a combined medical and early surgical approach. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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