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Case Report: Unexplained Fever and Chest Pain in a 5-Year-Old.


ABSTRACT: Pericarditis is a rare, but severe cause of chest pain in children that can easily be overlooked during routine diagnostics. Fibrinous pericarditis was recognized in a 5-year old patient who presented with fever and chest pain. Despite thorough diagnostics, no evident etiological factor was found. Furthermore, the disease was unresponsive to broad-spectrum antibiotics and NSAIDs, however oral prednisone was found to cause rapid improvement in the patients' condition. It was presumed that the patient's condition was caused by a blunt trauma to the chest experienced 3 days prior to the onset of symptoms. In an 8-month follow-up the patient remains in good overall condition and no recurrences were observed.

SUBMITTER: Lubocka P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8259459 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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