Unexplained recurrent pericardial effusion in a young adult male: Think beyond tuberculosis
| Autor: | Augustine Jose, Ajit Kumar, Anshuman Darbari, Barun Kumar |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Aortic dissection
medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis angiosarcoma business.industry General Medicine Primary Angiosarcoma pericardium medicine.disease Malignancy Pericardial effusion pericardial effusion medicine.anatomical_structure RC666-701 tamponade Medicine Pericardium Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system Angiosarcoma Radiology Tamponade business cardiac tumors |
| Zdroj: | Research in Cardiovascular Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 3, Pp 88-90 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2251-9580 2251-9572 |
| Popis: | Pericardial effusion is usually caused by infection, fluid overload states, connective tissue disorders, heart surgery, aortic dissection, and malignancy. When a patient presents with recurrent isolated pericardial effusion accompanied by a nonspecific history and negative laboratory tests, it can pose a diagnostic dilemma to the clinician. Primary malignant tumors of the pericardium are sporadic, and most primary malignant pericardial tumors are mesotheliomas. We report the case of a young adult male with recurrent pericardial effusion and no specific clinical clues enabling an early diagnosis, which later turned out to be caused by a primary angiosarcoma of the pericardium. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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