title: [A case of lung cancer with pericardial effusion without cardiac tamponade].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama Rousai Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohke
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yamadori
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yuzurio
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aoe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yonei
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
mesh_terms: 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