Occult cardiac lymphoma presenting with cardiac tamponade.
Subxiphoid pericardiostomy is the procedure of choice for treatment of a pericardial effusion with tamponade. We report a case in which this procedure not only failed to reveal the presence of an occult malignancy, but also resulted in a recurrent symptomatic effusion.
Wilhite
Douglas B
DB
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19141, USA.
Quigley
Robert L
RL
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010491:Pericardial Window Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012008:Recurrence; D017211:Treatment Failure