Article No : shfci-v2-1003
Al-Mosawi AJ

Abstract

Large childhood symptomatic pericardial effusion demanding pericardiocentesis and pericardial drainage is rare and symptomatic childhood uremic pericardial effusion is even rarer. The aim of this paper is to report the rare occurrence of childhood uremic symptomatic pericardial effusion. A seven-year-old boy with the most extreme form of end-stage renal disease (anuric with no renal function). The patient developed large childhood symptomatic pericardial effusion which was diagnosed by echocardiography.

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