Important Constrictive Pericarditis in a Patient with Schistosomiasis: A Case Report

Introduction

Schistosomiasis mansoni (SM) is one of the most common causes of pulmonary hypertension and is often associated with the hepatosplenic form of the disease. However, constrictive pericarditis (CP) is not cited in the medical literature as a consequence of SM.^, One single case report, published in 1979, associating CP with schistosomiasis, presented the etiologic agent of Schistosoma haematobium. The present study described a rare case of CP in a patient with chronic hepatosplenic SM, with a significant improvement in the parameters of ventricular filling and myocardial deformation after surgery, illustrating the importance of the echocardiogram in the detection of complications caused by this disease.

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