Causes of Acute Pericarditis: Infectious; Viral: Adenovirus Coxsackie virus A and B Echovirus Epstein-Barr virus Hepatitis Human immunodeficiency virus Influenza Mumps Bacterial: Menangococcus Neisseria Salmonella Staphylococcus Streptococcus Streptococcus pneurnoniae (in children) Syphilis Tuberculosis Whipple disease Fungal: Aspergillosis Blastomycosis Candida Coccidioidomycosis Histoplasmosis Other: parasitic Protozoal Noninfectious Acute idiopathic* Acute myocardial infarction* Neoplastic* Primary tumors: Fibroma Lipoma Mesothelioma Sarcoma Metastatic tumors: Breast Leukemia Lung Lymphoma Melanoma Sarcoma Trauma: Direct pericardial injury Cardiac injury (e.g., cardiac surgery, catheterization) Pericardial perforation (e.g., gastric/ esophageal perforation. chest trauma) Indirect pericardial injury Blunt chest trauma Radiation Aortic dissection (with leakage into pericardial sac) Chylopericardium Familial pericarditis Pregnancy Hypersensitivity- or autoimmunity- related Medication induced (select drugs): Anticoagulants Hydralazine Isoniazid Minoxidil Phenytoin (Dilantin) Procainamide Metabolic disorders: Renal Insufficiency (i.e.. dialysis pericarditis) Uremia Postcardiac injury: Postmyocardial infarction (Dressler syndrome) Postpericardiotomy syndrorne Posttraumatic Collagen vascular disease: Ankylosing spondylitis Der matomyositis Familial Mediterranean fever Polyarteritis nodosa Rheumatoid arthritis Sarcoidosis Scleroderma Sjögren syndrome Systemic lupus erythematosus Wegener granulomatosis Rheumatic fever #Causes #Pericarditis #Differential #Diagnosis
