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Cardiac tamponade in lung cancer
Author(s) -
Gilkey Susan,
Reyes Cesar V.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930280413
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac tamponade , tamponade , complication , lung cancer , adenocarcinoma , lung , presentation (obstetrics) , surgery , cancer , radiology , pathology
Neoplastic cardiac tamponade is extraordinary and dramatic as an initial presentation of cancer and not so unusual as a late complication. Five clinically and microscopically confirmed cases of cardiac tamponade as the first manifestation of pulmonary adenocarcinoma are reported along with a review of pertinent literature.