Pericarditi

Pericardial perforation (penetrating injury,
oesophageal perforation), cardiac injury (surgery,
percutaneous procedures)
Diseases in adjacent
structures
Myocardial infarction, and postmyocardial
syndrome
aortic dissection, pneumonia, pulmonary
embolism, empyema
Association with other
syndromes
Inflammatory bowel disease, Loffler,
syndrome, Stevens-Johnson syndrome,
giant-cell aortitis, hypereosinophilic
syndromes, acute pancreatitis
1-3%
5-10% cases
Rare