Cardiac tamponade: a new complication in a patient with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes |
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Authors: | Wang Warren Seak Chen-June Liao Shu-Chen Chiu Te-Fa Chen Jih-Chang |
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Institution: | Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan, ROC. |
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Abstract: | We report the first case of cardiac tamponade in a 14-year-old female patient with an underlying illness of mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS). The patient underwent a subxiphoid pericardiocentesis and pericardiotomy smoothly and was discharged with no sequelae. The coexistence of massive pericardial effusion and MELAS has never been mentioned in any literature. This case report attempts to exemplify the possibility of this connection. |
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