7/1/23, 5:01 AM Pericardial effusion Pathway Feedback Search Clinical Topics Home Findings Pericardial effusion Pericardial effusion More common causes Liver cirrhosis Hypothyroidism Chronic kidney disease Postcardiotomy syndrome Tuberculous pericarditis Lung cancer Tuberculosis Amyloidosis Less common causes Viral pericarditis Sarcoidosis Congestive heart failure Thoracic aortic dissection Echovirus infection Uncommon causes Dressler's syndrome https://web.pathway.md/findings/recpmahrM339rdFVG 1/2 7/1/23, 5:01 AM Pericardial effusion Pathway Hemopericardium Idiopathic pericarditis Fungal pericarditis Autoimmune pericarditis Uremic pericarditis Malignant pericardial effusion Chylopericardium https://web.pathway.md/findings/recpmahrM339rdFVG 2/2