Open AccessPERICARDIAL EFFUSION IN ADVANCED OVARIAN CARCINOMA
Author(s) -
Lund Birthe
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348509155164
Subject(s) - medicine , pericardial effusion , autopsy , incidence (geometry) , complication , ovarian carcinoma , effusion , ovarian cancer , carcinoma , cancer , disease , radiology , metastatic carcinoma , surgery , pathology , physics , optics
. The incidence of all categories of metastatic cancer to the heart is rising, as antineoplastic treatment results in longer survival. Malignant pericardial effusion in ovarian carcinoma has only been described at autopsy. In this report two cases of this condition diagnosed in vivo are presented, together with a review of the diagnosis and treatment of this complication of neoplastic disease.