ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2014
Primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma-a rare cause of superior vena cava thrombosis and constrictive pericarditis.
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- Primary Malignant Pericardial Mesothelioma Manifesting as Constrictive Pericarditis with Atypical Imaging Features: A Case Report.Research in heart yield and translational medicine · 2026Article
- Pericardial Mesothelioma: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Management, a Population-Based Study in Italy.Cancers · 2025Article
- Malignant Pericardial Effusion from Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Case Study.The American journal of case reports · 2024Article
- A contradictory phenomenon of thicken pericardium and cardiac compression without inferior vena cava dilation: sign of IVC escape.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2024Article
- Coronary Artery Stenosis Caused by Primary Malignant Pericardial Mesothelioma in a 76-Year-Old Man.Texas Heart Institute journal · 2022Article
- Intermittent Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Secondary to Malignant Pericardial Mesothelioma.Cureus · 2020Article
- Primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma presenting with cardiac tamponade.International journal of surgery case reports · 2020Article
- Echocardiographic characteristics of primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma and outcomes analysis: a retrospective study.Cardiovascular ultrasound · 2018Article
- A Case Report of Primary Pericardial Malignant Mesothelioma Treated with Pemetrexed and Cisplatin.Journal of Korean medical science · 2017Article
- Positive response of a primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma to pemetrexed plus cisplatin followed by pemetrexed maintenance chemotherapy: A case report.Oncology letters · 2016Article
- Symptomatic malignant pericardial effusion due to advanced pericardial malignancies: a palliative approach.Journal of thoracic disease · 2015Article
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Abstract
Primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma (PMPM) is an extremely rare, highly lethal and often misdiagnosed tumor. We report a 60-year-old woman complaining of dry cough, shortness of breath and exertional dyspnea due to a large pericardial effusion. The pericardial fluid volume declined after pericardiocentesis; analysis of the fluid revealed malignant cells and was negative for tuberculosis. Subsequently, the patient developed a compression of the superior vena cava and pericardial constriction. The patient's symptoms marginally improved after partial pericardiectomy, and a diagnosis of pericardial mesothelioma was made on pathology. However, her symptoms continued to aggravate, and she died 8 months after presentation. Pericardial mesothelioma should be discovered earlier to treat patients who develop repeatedly pericardial effusion after pericardiocentesis and pericardial tamponade or those develop constrictive pericarditis.
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