Spontaneous Hemopericardium Leading to Cardiac Tamponade in a Patient with Essential Thrombocythemia | Zendy

Anand Deshmukh | Zendy; Shanmuga Subbiah | Zendy; Sakshi Malhotra | Zendy; Pooja Deshmukh | Zendy; Suman Pasupuleti | Zendy; Syed Mohiuddin | Zendy

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Spontaneous Hemopericardium Leading to Cardiac Tamponade in a Patient with Essential Thrombocythemia

Author(s) -

Anand Deshmukh,

Shanmuga Subbiah,

Sakshi Malhotra,

Pooja Deshmukh,

Suman Pasupuleti,

Syed Mohiuddin

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

cardiology research and practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437

H-Index - 35

eISSN - 2090-8016

pISSN - 2090-0597

DOI - 10.4061/2011/247814

Subject(s) - medicine , hemopericardium , pericardiocentesis , cardiac tamponade , essential thrombocythemia , tamponade , complication , pericardial effusion , bleeding diathesis , plateletpheresis , thrombosis , cardiology , surgery , intensive care medicine , platelet , apheresis

Acute cardiac tamponade requires urgent diagnosis and treatment. Spontaneoushemopericardium leading to cardiac tamponade as an initial manifestation of essentialthrombocythemia (ET) has never been reported in the literature. We report a case of a 72-year-old Caucasian female who presented with spontaneous hemopericardium and tamponade requiring emergent pericardiocentesis. The patient was subsequently diagnosed to have ET. ET is characterized by elevated platelet counts that can lead to thrombosis but paradoxically it can also lead to a bleeding diathesis. Physicians should be aware of this complication so that timely life-saving measures can be taken if this complication arises

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