Pericarditis may be caused by infectious or noninfectious noxa. Most cases are labeled as 'idiopathic' because the traditional diagnostic approach often fails to identify the etiology. Most ...

Tuberculosis, which is the most common cause ... when high doses were given for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Constrictive pericarditis can present decades later. Trauma. Post-cardiac surgery.

A pericardial effusion from tuberculosis can occur in isolation without any pulmonary manifestations. Viral pericarditis or myocarditis are associated with a pericardial effusion, most commonly ...