Cytarabine-induced pericarditis confirmed using cardiac MRI: A case report

Tony Dong; Tarek Chami; Besher Chami; Sadeer Al-Kindi; Brian D. Hoit

doi:10.1111/echo.15135

Cytarabine-induced pericarditis confirmed using cardiac MRI: A case report

Tony Dong, Tarek Chami, Besher Chami, Sadeer Al-Kindi, Brian D. Hoit

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Abstract

Pericarditis is a rare but debilitating complication of cytarabine therapy. While echocardiography can aid with the diagnosis, cardiac MRI has superior accuracy in establishing the diagnosis. In this case, we describe a 65-year-old patient receiving cytarabine as part of induction chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia who developed acute pericarditis. Her cardiac MRI revealed pericardial edema on T2-weighted STIR imaging and pericardial late gadolinium enhancement which confirmed the diagnosis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1446-1449
Number of pages	4
Journal	Echocardiography
Volume	38
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/echo.15135
State	Published - Aug 2021

Keywords

cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
cytarabine
echocardiography
pericarditis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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