title: Swinging heart syndrome with predominant anterior pericardial effusion.
abstract: A 16 year old male with carcinoma of the anterior mediastinum developed pericardial tamponade. An echocardiogram demonstrated a large pericardial effusion with the swinging heart syndrome. The unexpected finding was the predominant anterior location of the effusion.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D013577:Syndrome