Acute pericarditis associated with hepatitis B infection
Adler, R.; Takahashi, M.; Wright, H.T.
Pediatrics 61(5): 716-719
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0031-4005 PMID: 149291 Document Number: 132812
Patients infected with hepatitis B have demonstrated a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations other than hepatitis. Immune complex formation has been proposed as a possible mechanism for such varied disease presentations. The present report describes a case in which acute pericarditis is associated with hepatitis B surface antigen-positive disease. Speculations are made relating the pericardial changes to the formation of immune complexes following hepatitis B virus infection.