[Constrictive pericarditis as first manifestation of neoplasia. Two cases].
We report two cases of constrictive pericarditis revealing neoplasia. Both patients underwent pericardiotomy with drainage and biopsy that did not disclose malignancy. Likewise, the initial radiologic were not suggestive of cancer.
Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Sud, 16, boulevard de Bulgarie, BP 3097, 35203 Rennes 02. elisabeth.laurat@chu-rennes.fr
Elisabeth
E
Laurat
Mathieu
M
Revest
Mounia
M
Djenidi
Olivier
O
Decaux
Patrick
P
Jego
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000209:etiology*