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Case Report

Volume 8, Number 4, 2017, pages 161-164

Chest Pain Due to Pericardial Effusion as Initial Presenting Feature of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. (a) CXR of the patient in current admission. (b) CXR of the patient 5 months prior to this admission.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA).
Figure 3.
Figure 3. 2D echocardiogram revealing a medium-sized pericardial effusion and a small-sized pleural effusion.
Figure 4.
Figure 4. 2D echocardiogram repeated 1 month after treatment demonstrates resolving pericardial effusion.

Table

Table 1. Autoimmune and Connective Tissue Disease Panel
 
TestRFAnti-CCPANAAnti-ds-DNAESRCRP
Reference rangeNegative< 20 UNegative< 4 IU/mL0 - 300.70 - 1.00
ResultNegative> 250 UNegative< 4 IU/mL938.90