Malignant pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade as a late complication of endometrial carcinoma

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• 作者：Kogan ; Jacob ; Golzman ; Boris ; Turkot ; Svetlana ; Ben-Dor ; David ; Charkowsky ; Tatiana ; Oren ; Shmuel
• 关键词：Malignant pericardial effusion ; Cardiac tamponade ; Endometrial carcinoma
• 刊名：European Journal of Internal Medicine
• 出版年：2004
• 出版时间：August, 2004
• 年：2004
• 卷：15
• 期：5
• 页码：318-320
• 全文大小：121 K

文摘

Malignant pericardial effusion, as a complication of gynecological cancer, is a rare occurrence. A review of the literature reveals only four cases of malignant pericardial effusion from endometrial carcinoma diagnosed during life. All of them were followed by cardiac tamponade a short time after being diagnosed and were associated with extensive myometrial invasion and multiple metastases. We describe a case of malignant pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade due to recurrence of endometrial carcinoma characterized by the long period from diagnosis to clinical evidence of pericardial involvement. The causes of long-term disease-free interval are discussed.