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ArticleBMJ case reports2018

Churg-Strauss vasculitis presenting with steroid-responsive left ventricular cardiac mass.

Sumaiah Jamal Alarfaj, Rabah Al-Mehisen, Imad Elhag, Nayef Mohammed Kazzaz

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sumaiah Jamal AlarfajDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Rabah Al-MehisenDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Security Forces Hospital Program, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Imad ElhagLaboratory and Blood Bank, Security Forces Hospital Program, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Nayef Mohammed KazzazSecurity Forces Hospital Program, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Security Forces Hospital · SAPrincess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 35-year-old black Saudi man, with a known case of bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis since childhood, presented with joint pain and swelling, orthopnoea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea and lower extremity oedema. On examination, we found jugular venous distension, bilateral basal crepitation, wheezing and diffuse synovitis. Investigations were notable for peripheral blood eosinophilia, pericardial effusion and elongated structure in the left ventricular outflow tract on echocardiography, mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy and right upper lobe infiltrate on high-resolution CT scan. Pulmonary infiltrate biopsy confirmed eosinophilic vasculitis. Intracardiac mass resolved shortly after pulse steroids indicating an inflammatory mass.

Indexed as

Administration, IntravenousAdultChurg-Strauss SyndromeDiagnosis, DifferentialEchocardiographyEosinophiliaGlucocorticoidsHeart NeoplasmsHeart VentriclesHumansLungLymphadenopathyMaleMediastinumMethylprednisolonePericardial EffusionGlucocorticoidsMethylprednisolonerheumatologyvasculitis

Identifiers

PMID30337285
PMCPMC6254378
OpenAlexW2896377596

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