title: Pericardial breast cancer metastasis 25 years after mastectomy.
abstract: Pericardial effusion in a patient with a history of cancer should always prompt a hypothesis of malignant involvement. We report the case of a 66-year-old white woman presenting with pericardial effusion 25 years after a mastectomy for ductal breast carcinoma. This is one of the cases with the latest recurrence ever reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Hospital Santo Antonio, Blumenau (SC), Brazil.
authors.forename: Rodrigo Kraft
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Rovere
authors.forename: Daniel Brito
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: de Araujo
authors.forename: Daniel Rios Pinto
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Rogério Torres
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Marques
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000209:etiology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D015413:Mastectomy, Simple; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010491:Pericardial Window Techniques; D020519:Pericardiocentesis; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D005472:Fluorouracil; D008727:Methotrexate