Cardiac tamponade masquerading as headache: A diagnostic conundrum |
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| Authors: | Vipin Dulam BS Vladimir Lakhter DO Mohammed A. Kashem PhD Yoshiya Toyoda PhD Suresh Keshavamurthy MD |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Temple University Lewis Katz College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;2. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;3. Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Abstract: | Cardiac tamponade and its protean presentations are well documented. Tamponade presenting after recent cardiac surgery in a patient on anticoagulation is not unknown. However, severe headache as a presenting feature of tamponade is not documented. We describe how one can be misled into investigating causes of headache while the real cause, tamponade, lies hidden. |
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| Keywords: | cardiac tamponade headache thrombus |
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