title: Primary pericardial malignant fibrous histiocytoma causing cardiac tamponade.
abstract: We describe herein an extremely rare case of a large primary pericardial malignant fibrous histiocytoma causing a cardiac tamponade that occurred in a 72-year-old woman. The clinical, radiographic, and pathologic features are reported here together with a brief review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura City, Nagasaki, Japan. matsukuma@nmc.hosp.go.jp
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsukuma
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamawaki
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Yohjiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D051677:Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010496:Pericardium; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed