[A case of lung cancer with pericardial effusion without cardiac tamponade].
Cardiac tamponade as an initial manifestation of primary lung cancer is uncommon. All such cases had shown symptoms of cardiac tamponade at the first visit of the hospital. We report a case of lung cancer with pericardial effusion without cardiac tamponade. Echocardiography, revealed little pericardial effusion and it has not increased for 3 months. Pericardiotomy revealed adenocarcinoma and lung cancer was confirmed by bronchial biopsy. It is necessary to further examine patients with even slight amounts of pericardial effusion.
Ohke
M
M
Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama Rousai Hospital, Japan.
Yamadori
I
I
Yuzurio
S
S
Aoe
K
K
Ozaki
S
S
Kimura
K
K
Yonei
T
T
Kishimoto
T
T
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D010492:Pericardiectomy