Acute Pericarditis Complicated with Pericardial Effusion as First Presentation of COVID-19 In An Adult Sudanese Patient, Case Report Waddah Aljaely Mohamed Osman1, Abdelmuniem Siddig Mohamed Ahmed2, Moh. Mah. Fadelallah Eljack3, Khabab Abbasher Hussien Mohamed Ahmed4, Mazin S. Haroun5, Yassin Abdelrahim Abdalla6
  1. Assistant professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan,waddahaljeli@gmail.com
  2. University of Gezira, Faculty of Medicine, Physiology department, Wad Medani Teaching Hospital, Wad Medani, Sudan, monem33246@hotmail.com
  3. University of BakhtAlruda, Faculty of Medicine, Medani Heart Centre, Sudan, m.mahmmoud96@gmail.com
  4. University of Khartoum, Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum, Sudan, Khabab9722@gmail.com
  5. University of Khartoum, Faculty of Medicine, Sudan, mazinsalaheldien@gmail.com
  6. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Omdurman Islamic University, Khartoum, Sudan, yasinabdo96@gmail.com

Correspondence Author:Dr. Khabab Abbasher Hussien Mohamed Ahmed Email: Khabab9722@gmail.com ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4608-5321 Khartoum State, Postal code: 11111, Sudan, Mobile: 00249907712134

Abstract

Acute pericarditis is uncommon presentation of COVID-19. Here we described a case of 50-year-old male who presented with chest pain without fever nor cough and diagnosed with acute pericarditis complicated by pericardial effusion due to COVID-19 after exclusion of other cause and receive supportive treatment and improve over two weeks.