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Author: Poothirikovil Venugopalan, MBBS, MD, FRCP (Glasg), FRCPCH, Consulting Staff, Department of Child Health, University Hospital of Hartlepool, UK
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Media file 1: Two-dimensional echocardiograph shows a large pericardial effusion.
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Two-dimensional echocardiograph shows a large pericardial effusion.

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M-mode echocardiograph shows moderate pericardial effusion.

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Media file 3: Plain chest radiograph in a 2-year-old boy with viral pericarditis and massive pericardial effusion.
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Plain chest radiograph in a 2-year-old boy with viral pericarditis and massive pericardial effusion.

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Further Reading

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Keywords

viral pericarditis, bacterial pericarditis, myopericarditis, constrictive pericarditis, inflammation of the pericardium, viral pericarditis, tamponade, myocarditis, elevated nonpulsatile jugular venous pulse, tachycardia, hepatomegaly, asthma, emphysema, pleural effusion, chronic idiopathic pericarditis, congestive heart failure, coxsackievirus B, echovirus, adenovirus, influenza virus, mumps virus, varicella virus, Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, viral hepatitis B, human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, human herpesvirus 6, parvovirus B1

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Poothirikovil Venugopalan, MBBS, MD, FRCP (Glasg), FRCPCH, Consulting Staff, Department of Child Health, University Hospital of Hartlepool, UK
Poothirikovil Venugopalan, MBBS, MD, FRCP (Glasg), FRCPCH is a member of the following medical societies: British Cardiac Society, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

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Ira H Gessner, MD, Professor Emeritus, Pediatric Cardiology
Ira H Gessner, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, American Pediatric Society, and Society for Pediatric Research
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Hugh D Allen, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, American Pediatric Society, American Society of Echocardiography, Society for Pediatric Research, Society of Pediatric Echocardiography, and Western Society for Pediatric Research
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Gilbert Herzberg, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Cardiology, New York Medical College
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Stuart Berger, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin; Chief of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical Director of Pediatric Heart Transplant Program, Medical Director of The Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Stuart Berger, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Cardiology, American College of Chest Physicians, American Heart Association, and Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions
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