title: Operative evaluation of cardiac tamponade in a patient with multiple myeloma.
abstract: Multiple myeloma presents with various clinical manifestations depending on the mode and the extent of organ involvement. Pericardial involvement by myeloma and subsequent cardiac tamponade is extremely rare. We report on the case of a patient with multiple myeloma who presented with cardiac tamponade and was evaluated surgically with thoracotomy and minimal debulking pericardiectomy (fenestration).
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Theagenion Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Barbetakis
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bishiniotis
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Valeri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vasiliadis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krikeli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eleftheriadou
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Siopi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tsilikas