ArticleCase reports in medicine2016
Pericardial Effusion due to Primary Malignant Pericardial Mesothelioma: A Common Finding but an Uncommon Cause.
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- Prognostic Factors and Survival in Pericardial Mesothelioma: A Systematic Review and Quantitative Analysis.Cancers · 2026Review
- Primary Malignant Pericardial Mesothelioma Manifesting as Constrictive Pericarditis with Atypical Imaging Features: A Case Report.Research in heart yield and translational medicine · 2026Article
- Primary Pericardial Well-Differentiated Papillary Mesothelioma in a Spotted Hyena (Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
- Primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma presenting as constrictive pericarditis with an atypical imaging appearance: a case description.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2023Article
- Case Report: Early diagnosis and bevacizumab-based chemotherapy for primary pericardial mesothelioma: a case with occupational asbestos exposure history.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Coronary Artery Stenosis Caused by Primary Malignant Pericardial Mesothelioma in a 76-Year-Old Man.Texas Heart Institute journal · 2022Article
- Evaluation and Management of Cardiac Tumors.Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine · 2018Review
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Abstract
This case report describes a 37-year-old female who was admitted to our Emergency Department because of shortness of breath. On physical examination, she had dyspnea and tachycardia and blood pressure was 80/50 mmHg with a pulsus paradoxus of 22 mmHg. Neck veins were distended, heart sounds were distant, and dullness was found on both lung bases. Her chest X-ray revealed bilateral pleural effusion and cardiomegaly. On both computed tomography and echocardiography the heart was of normal size and a large pericardial effusion was noted. The echocardiogram showed signs of impending tamponade, so the patient underwent an emergent pericardiocentesis. No infectious etiology was found and she was assumed to have viral pericarditis and was treated accordingly. However, when the pericardial effusion recurred and empirical therapy for tuberculosis failed, a pericardial window was performed. A typical staining pattern for mesothelioma was found on her pericardial biopsy specimen. Since no other mesodermal tissue was affected, a diagnosis of primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma was made. Chemotherapy was not effective and she passed away a year after the diagnosis was made. This case highlights the difficulties in diagnosing this uncommon disease in patients that present with the common finding of pericardial effusion.
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