title: [Cardiac tamponade in malignant tumors].
abstract: Among 40 patients with cardiac tamponade observed over the years 1972--1978, 23 (57.5%) had a neoplasm as primary cause of illness. The most common etiology was bronchial carcinoma (13). In 9 cases cardiac tamponade was the first clinical symptom of the tumor. Evacuation of the pericardial fluid by puncture (3), surgical drainage (6) and left parasternal insertion of a plastic catheter (12) brought rapid relief from symptoms in all cases. Six patients survived 3--6 months, while another two have now been followed up for over 5 years. Diagnostic problems and therapeutic possibilities in malignant pericarditis are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000150:complications*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Herztamponade bei malignen Tumoren.