title: Pericardial Tumor Presenting As Recurrent Pericardial Effusion--A Case Report.
abstract: Pericardial tumors are unusual and may be difficult to characterise with imaging. They manifest as large, non-contractile, solid masses within the pericardium. Presenting symptoms include heart failure, arrhythmias, sudden death, cyanosis and chest pain. But it can also present as recurrent pericardial effusion misdiagnosed as tuberculosis and other infectious causes. Accordingly a patient with pericardial mass (tumor) presented with recurrent pericardial effusion as a rare case.
authors.affiliation: Dr Md Nazmul Hasan, Resident, Department of Cardiology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Hasan
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Habib
authors.forename: S Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fatema
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Debnath
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis