Is A

Pericarditis

May Cause

Ascites

Ascites in an infant or child

Dilated azygos vein

Elevated venous pressure

Hepatic congestion

Hepatic vein dilatation

Increased central venous pressure

Indistinct heart border on frontal chest radiograph

Left atrial enlargement

Main pulmonary artery obstruction

Microcardia

Pericardial calcification

Portal hypertension

Pulmonary edema

Pulmonary venous hypertension

Regular thickening of small bowel folds

Small aortic arch

Small ascending aorta

Small bowel edema

Superior vena cava syndrome

Transudative pleural effusion

May Be Caused by

 Common

Idiopathic pericarditis

Noonan syndrome

Tuberculosis

 Uncommon

Amebic liver abscess with rupture into pericardial sac

Amebic lung abscess with rupture into pericardial sac

Asbestosis

Chest neoplasm

Hemopericardium

Histoplasmosis

Invasive thymoma

Lymphoma

Mesothelioma

Metastasis to pericardium

Parasitic disease

Pneumococcal pericarditis

Postpericardiotomy syndrome

Prolonged hemodialysis

Pyogenic pericarditis

Radiation therapy

Rheumatic pericarditis

Staphylococcal pericarditis

Talcosis

Traumatic pericarditis

Uremia

Viral pericarditis