title: Malignant pericardial effusion in a patient with prostate adenocarcinoma.
abstract: The authors discuss a rare case of pericardial effusion secondary to carcinoma of the prostate. A month after therapeutic pericardiocentesis there was a haemodynamically significant recurrence, necessitating a pericardial window. The authors discuss pericardial effusion and the management of such patients.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny, UK. nerys.conway@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Nerys
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Conway
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hutchison
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D012008:Recurrence