Heart India (Jan 2014)

Pericardial effusion in severe iron deficiency anemia

  • Manoj Lakhotia,
  • Jagdish Singh,
  • Hansraj Pahadia,
  • Harish Kumar,
  • Sanjeev Sanghvi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/2321-449x.140235
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 3
pp. 88 – 90

Abstract

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Two female patients presenting with shortness of breath on routine activity, were found to have severe iron deficiency anemia and moderate transudative pericardial effusion. With the correction of iron deficiency anemia, pericardial effusion disappeared in both patients. Moderate pericardial effusion occurring with severe anemia has not been described in the literature.

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