A case of rhabdomyosarcoma of the right ventricle.
A patient is described who presented with symptoms suggesting pericarditis and cardiac tamponade, and who was found at necropsy to have a rhabdomyosarcoma of the right ventricle. The presenting features of right ventricular tumours are discussed and some useful pointers to the correct diagnosis suggested.
D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*