title: Acute cardiac tamponade caused by the extension of multiple hepatic actinomycotic abscesses.
abstract: A 60-year-old man was diagnosed as multiple hepatic abscesses. Failure in the first empiric therapy led to extension into the pericardium, causing acute cardiac tamponade. Actinomyces species were not cultured from the pericardial effusion. The definitive diagnosis was acquired by ultrasound guided needle biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Matsue Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuto
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.forename: Noritaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Isowa
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakazaki
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tokuyasu
authors.forename: Yuhei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Soeda
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohe
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tokuyasu
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miura
mesh_terms: D000190:Actinomyces; D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged