Acute pericarditis complicated with pericardial effusion as first presentation of COVID‐19 in an adult sudanese patient: A case report

Acute pericarditis is an uncommon presentation of COVID‐19. Here, we described a case of a 50‐year‐old male patient who presented with chest pain without fever or cough and diagnosed with acute pericarditis complicated by pericardial effusion due to COVID‐19 after exclusion of other causes and received supportive treatment and improved over two weeks. Although it is a rare presentation, suspicion of COVID‐19 infection in patients with acute pericarditis is crucial in the setting of pandemic irrespective of the absence of a typical clinical feature of COVID‐19.