title: [Pericardial tamponade as a complication of T-cell cutaneous lymphoma].
abstract: Mycosis fungoides is a T cell lymphoma characterized by the initial skin involvement. Organ infiltration generally occurs many years after the cutaneous presentation. The organ disease is accompanied of peripheral blood involvement (more than 20% lymphocytes have atypical convolute nucleus and there are palpable adenopathies. Pericardic involvement is a rare complication as the initial manifestation of the visceral disease, in patients with mycosis fungoides of long evolution. We present a patient suffering mycosis fungoide who presented a pericardic tamponade. The visceral disease in our patient was not accompanied by blood anomalies or palpable adenopathies.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Princeps D'Espanya, Barcelona.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Martínez Lacasa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Domingo
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Bella
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fernández Nogués
mesh_terms: D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016410:Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Taponamiento pericárdico como complicación de un linfoma cutáneo de células T.