title: The natural history of pericardial tamponade secondary to recurrent ovarian carcinoma - A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: •We report a case of malignant cardiac tamponade secondary to ovarian carcinoma•We emphasize the quick and fatal outcome of such a complication•It seems that aggressive treatment offers the longest overall survival.
authors.affiliation: Gynecological Oncology Unit, The Obstetrics and Gynecoloy Department, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Carmel Medical Center Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Feferkorn
authors.affiliation: Oncology Dept., Lin Medical Center, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shai
authors.affiliation: Gynecological Oncology Unit, The Obstetrics and Gynecoloy Department, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Carmel Medical Center Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gemer
authors.affiliation: Gynecological Oncology Unit, The Obstetrics and Gynecoloy Department, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Carmel Medical Center Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Auslender
authors.affiliation: Gynecological Oncology Unit, The Obstetrics and Gynecoloy Department, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Carmel Medical Center Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lavie
keywords: Ovarian carcinoma; Pericardial tamponade