Open AccessSpontaneous Biliary Pericardial Tamponade: A Case Report and Literature Review
Author(s) -
Ayman Battisha,
Ahmed Altibi,
Bader Madoukh,
Omar Sheikh,
Khalid Sawalha,
Shakil Shaikh,
Mohammed AlSadawi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
current cardiology reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1875-6557
pISSN - 1573-403X
DOI - 10.2174/1573403x16666200611132045
Subject(s) - medicine , pericardiocentesis , tamponade , pericardial fluid , cardiac tamponade , fistula , pericardial window , surgery , pericardial effusion , radiology
Biliary pericardial tamponade (BPT) is a rare form of pericardial tamponade, characterized by yellowish-greenish pericardial fluid upon pericardiocentesis. Historically, BPT reported to occur in the setting of an associated pericardiobiliary fistula. However, BPT in the absence of a detectable fistula is extremely rare.