Endocrine Abstracts

Case summary: 7 yr old girl referred by GP to the cardiology clinic with heart murmur. Mother reported to GP about facial and periorbital puffiness intermittently for the last 2 years. Cardiology clinic review showed 1/6 short systolic murmur with small pericardial effusion. Pericardial effusion was initially thought to be possible post viral illness and the facial puffiness which remained unexplainable. A repeat Echo at 3 months later showed persistence of pe...