Multiple choice

Which among the following is a secondary form of pericarditis?

  1. Systemic sclerosis

  2. Dressler's syndrome

  3. Discoid lupus erythematosus

  4. Eczema

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Explanation

Dressler's syndrome is a secondary form of pericarditis that occurs in the setting of injury to the heart or the pericardium .It consists of a triad of features, fever, pleuritic pain and pericardial effusion.

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