A rare case with primary undifferentiated carcinoma of pericardium.
A primary pericardial tumor is very rare. A 77-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with chief complaint of exertional dyspnea due to large amount of pericardial effusion. She was finally diagnosed as pericardial undifferentiated carcinoma without definite histopathologial, immunochemistry feature. Despite palliative radiation therapy, the patient died of multiple organ failure. The prognosis of primary pericardial undifferentiated carcinoma is known to be very poor, especially in old people.
Kwon
Hyuk Yong
HY
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Medical Center, Busan, Korea.
Cho
Kyoung Im
KI
Kim
Seong Man
SM
Lee
Hyeon Gook
HG
Hwang
Chi Sung
CS
Kim
Hyeon Jin
HJ
Kang
Ji Hyun
JH
Kim
Myung Joon
MJ
Jang
Kee-Taek
KT
Kim
Tae Ik
TI