ABSTRACT
Two patients with immune deficiency virus infection and cardiac manifestation are presented. The first was admitted by encephalopathy. On the first days of hospital stay were observed episodes of supraventricular tachycardia with echocardiography normal. An initial improvement made us suppose the clinical context in relationship to toxoplasmosis. Subsequently the patient experienced neurological deterioration and pericardial effusion was evidenced. Therapeutic trials with ceftriaxone and tuberculostatics were useless. The postmortem pericardial aspiration showed signs of acute inflammation, but germs were not identified. The second case was admitted for longstanding fever. Because of epigastric pain an electrocardiogram was done, which revealed suggestive alterations of pericarditis. The echocardiography demonstrated the presence of pericardial effusion. The positive serology for toxoplasmosis, the bone marrow biopsy which showed reactivity with hemophagocytosis and the presence of myeloid metaplasia in the liver biopsy were the most relevant data. On the fifth day of hospital stay and second of the tuberculostatic treatment the patient expired unexpectedly.
