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  • Title: Chronic large benign pericardial effusion complicating rheumatoid arthritis: a case report.
    Author: D'Cruz IA, Collison HK, Ellman MH.
    Journal: J Rheumatol; 1982; 9(2):295-8. PubMed ID: 7097690.
    Abstract:
    A 62-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis presented with a large pericardial effusion. Serial M-mode and 2-dimensional echocardiography over 20 months revealed no change in the amount of pericardial fluid, which had the features of a transudate. At no time did she develop any cardiac symptoms, tamponade or constriction. The course was thus "benign" and needed no surgical intervention.
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