Subacute COVID-19 Infection Presenting as Indolent Large Pericardial Effusion

Chidinma Ejikeme; Melissa Gonzalez; Sherif Elkattawy; Ramez Alyacoub; Clark Sherer

doi:10.7759/cureus.10769

Subacute COVID-19 Infection Presenting as Indolent Large Pericardial Effusion

Cureus. 2020 Oct 2;12(10):e10769. doi: 10.7759/cureus.10769.

Authors

Chidinma Ejikeme¹, Melissa Gonzalez¹, Sherif Elkattawy¹, Ramez Alyacoub¹, Clark Sherer²

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School/Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Elizabeth, USA.
² Infectious Disease, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Elizabeth, USA.

Abstract

Reports of complications as a result of COVID-19 infection are emerging since the virus became a pandemic. Although not fully understood, reports show that the COVID-19 virus has shown acute pericardial involvement resulting from this infection. It can cause a wide range of manifestations from minimal effusion to large effusion with tamponade; however, there is little or no data on an indolent course of COVID-19 infection and its resulting manifestations. Here we describe a patient who had minimal disease symptoms for weeks, resulting in sizeable pericardial effusion formation.

Keywords: covid 19; effusion; pericardial.

Publication types

Case Reports