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Brothers with constrictive pericarditis - A novel mutation in a rare disease.
Indian heart journal - 1 Sept 2016
Patil Devendra V, Phadke Milind S, Pahwa Jivtesh S, Dalal Ashwin B
Abstract excerpt
Familial constrictive pericarditis is extremely rare. We report a case of two brothers both suffering constrictive pericarditis along with having multiple painless joint deformities. Genetic workup confirmed the clinical diagnosis of camptodactyly-arthropathy-coxa vara-pericarditis (CACP) syndrome CACP syndrome and also revealed a rare mutation in the causative gene.
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