PERICARDIAL CALCIFICATION AND HISTOPLASMIN SENSITIVITY
Authors: F T BILLINGS, O A COUCH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 March 1955PERICARDIAL CALCIFICATION AND HISTOPLASMIN SENSITIVITYF. T. BILLINGS JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., O. A. COUCH JR., M.D.F. T. BILLINGS JR., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, O. A. COUCH JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-42-3-654 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe cause of calcification of the pericardium in many instances is obscure. Agreement can be reached regarding etiology only in the statement that "calcification occurs as a secondary degenerative change complicating chronic inflammation of the pericardium."1In the majority of cases, by the time bacteriologic and pathologic studies can be undertaken, evidence of specific infection or injury is not demonstrable. It is intriguing to note that whenever disease entities are implicated, authorities are dogmatic in their differences of opinion. For example, while Paul, Castleman and White2in Boston found no evidence which would incriminate rheumatic fever, Smith and Willius3in...Bibliography1. Friedberg CK: Diseases of the heart, 1950, W. B. Saunders and Co., Philadelphia, p. 539. Google Scholar2. PaulCastlemanWhite OBPD: Chronic constrictive pericarditis; a study of 53 cases, Am. J. M. Sc. 216: 361, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. SmithWillius HLFA: Pericarditis. II. Calcification of the pericardium, Arch. Int. Med. 50: 184, 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. HarveyWhitehill AMMR: Tuberculous pericarditis, Medicine 16: 45, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. BlalockBurwell ACS: Chronic pericardial disease. Report of 28 cases of constrictive pericarditis, Surg., Gynec. and Obst. 73: 433, 1941. Google Scholar6. AndrewsPickeringSellors GSGWTH: The aetiology of constrictive pericarditis, with special reference to tuberculous pericarditis together with a note on polyserositis, Quart. J. Med. 17: 291, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. Rummert O: Über Perikardverkalkungen, Fortschr. Röntgenstrahl. 55: 241, 1937. Google Scholar8. LeamanVastine WGJH: Calcification of the pericardium. Report of a case in a boy aged 12, Am. J. Roentgenol. 43: 35, 1940. Google Scholar9. DeMonbreun WA: The cultivation and cultural characteristics of Darling's Histoplasma capsulatum , Am. J. Trop. Med. 14: 93, 1934. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. Christie A: The disease spectrum of human histoplasmosis, T. A. Am. Physicians 64: 147, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Nashville, Tennessee*Received for publication September 11, 1954.From the Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee.Aided in part by the John B. Howe Medical Research Fund. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byH. capsulatum : A Not-So-Benign Cause of PericarditisThe radiological features of histoplasma pericarditisPerikarditisPericarditis caused by histoplasma capsulatumHistoplasmosisHistoplasmosisProgressive disseminated histoplasmosis as seen in adultsCryptococcus neoformans Pericarditis Associated with Hodgkin's DiseaseCHARLES P. DUVALL, M.D., PAUL P. CARBONE, M.D.Constrictive Pericarditis, Pneumopericardium and Aortic Aneurysm Due to Histoplasma CapsulatumAcute Pericarditis due to Histoplasma CapsulatumMARSHALL M. KAPLAN, M.D., LOUIS M. SHERWOOD, M.D.Pericarditis due to histoplasmosisFibrocalcific Constrictive Pericarditis Due to Histoplasma capsulatumConstrictive Pericarditis Due to Histoplasma capsulatumPericarditis: A ten year surveyErkrankungen des PerikardPericardial Calcification Associated with HistoplasmosisElectrocardiographic findings of pericarditis and histoplasmin sensitivityCalcification of the pericardium caused by a hitherto unrecognized etiological factorHistoplasmin sensitivity associated with pericardial calcification 1 March 1955Volume 42, Issue 3Page: 654-658KeywordsEtiologyInflammationPericardiumResearch fundingRheumatic fever ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1955 PDF downloadLoading ...