Unexplained recurrent pericardial effusion in a young adult male: Think beyond tuberculosis

Autor:	Anshuman Darbari, Barun Kumar, Augustine Jose, Ajit Kumar
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	angiosarcoma cardiac tumors pericardial effusion pericardium tamponade Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system RC666-701
Zdroj:	Research in Cardiovascular Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 3, Pp 88-90 (2021)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2251-9572 2251-9580
DOI:	10.4103/rcm.rcm_39_21
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.
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