[Cardiac tamponade as first clinical manifestation of small cell carcinoma].
A 69 year old man was diagnosed of cardiac tamponade. At surgery a large hemopericardias was evacuated, cardiac and pericardial metastasis of an oat cell carcinoma was demonstrated. The patient died 4 weeks later. A review of the literature is done about patients with cardiac tamponade as the first manifestation of a neoplastic process.
Abad
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Servicio de Cirugía Cardio-Vascular, Hospital Nuestra Señora del Pin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Romero
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Ponce
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G
Aguilar
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J
D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged