Occult malignancy presenting as constrictive pericarditis | Zendy

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Occult malignancy presenting as constrictive pericarditis

Author(s) -

David L. Porter,

M. Jadoon,

Damian McGrogan,

Onyekwelu Nzewi

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546

H-Index - 56

eISSN - 1569-9293

pISSN - 1569-9285

DOI - 10.1510/icvts.2011.266494

Subject(s) - medicine , constrictive pericarditis , pericardium , occult , pericarditis , pericardial effusion , malignancy , effusion , pericardiectomy , radiology , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine

Metastatic tumour progression to the pericardium is generally characterised by an effusional pericarditis. It is extremely rare for tumour to metastasise to the pericardium and cause constrictive pericarditis in the absence of a pericardial effusion. We report the recent case of a patient who was referred to our centre with constrictive pericarditis. Following pericardectomy and histopathological analysis this was found to be secondary to an occult metastatic adenocarcinoma.

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