Occult cardiac lymphoma presenting with cardiac tamponade |
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| Authors: | Wilhite Douglas B Quigley Robert L |
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| Institution: | Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19141, USA. |
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| Abstract: | Subxiphoid pericardiostomy is the procedure of choice for treatment of a pericardial effusion with tamponade. We report a case in which this procedure not only failed to reveal the presence of an occult malignancy, but also resulted in a recurrent symptomatic effusion. |
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