A rare cause of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: primary pericardial mesothelioma masquerading as pericardial constriction
| Autor: | Nick Baniak, Dorothy Thomson, Russell Fernandes, Shravan Nosib |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Adult
Mesothelioma medicine.medical_specialty Pericardial constriction medicine.medical_treatment Cardiomyopathy Pericardial Mesothelioma HIV Infections Article Diagnosis Differential Heart Neoplasms medicine Pericardium Humans Pericardiectomy Heart Failure business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Hepatitis C Magnetic Resonance Imaging Surgery Cardiac Tamponade Radiography medicine.anatomical_structure Echocardiography Heart failure cardiovascular system Female Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction business Rare disease |
| Zdroj: | BMJ case reports. 2014 |
| ISSN: | 1757-790X |
| Popis: | We present a case of a 30-year-old woman with a history of HIV and hepatitis C who sought medical attention because of severe oedema of the lower limbs and abdomen. CT of the chest showed a thickened pericardium, and cardiac catheterisation demonstrated constrictive physiology. She underwent pericardiectomy, but the procedure was unsuccessful because the pericardium was densely adherent to the myocardium. After consultation with several pathologists, she was diagnosed with primary pericardial mesothelioma (PPM), an exceedingly rare cardiac tumour with a fatal prognosis. She died within 3 months of presentation. The details of the case as well as pertinent literature are reviewed. |
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