Primary pericardial malignant fibrous histiocytoma causing cardiac tamponade.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.040.
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Abstract
We describe herein an extremely rare case of a large primary pericardial malignant fibrous histiocytoma causing a cardiac tamponade that occurred in a 72-year-old woman. The clinical, radiographic, and pathologic features are reported here together with a brief review of the literature.
Medical subject headings
- Cardiac Tamponade
- Heart Neoplasms
- Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous
- Pericardium