Cardiac Tamponade in the Setting of a Thymoma

Thymoma is the most common neoplasm originating in the anterior mediastinum and accounts for a quarter of all mediastinal tumors. A pericardial effusion is an uncommon initial manifestation present in approximately 20% of patients. However, our patient had hemorrhagic pericardial effusions causing a...

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Autores principales: Khan, Abdul, Jain, Akriti G, FaisalUddin, Mohammed, Khetpal, Neelam, D'Souza, Jason
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6701919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31453026
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4952
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author Khan, Abdul
Jain, Akriti G
FaisalUddin, Mohammed
Khetpal, Neelam
D'Souza, Jason
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description Thymoma is the most common neoplasm originating in the anterior mediastinum and accounts for a quarter of all mediastinal tumors. A pericardial effusion is an uncommon initial manifestation present in approximately 20% of patients. However, our patient had hemorrhagic pericardial effusions causing a cardiac tamponade with bilateral pleural effusions, nodular left pleural based masses, and ascites. In this report, we describe the unique features of our case and its management.
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spelling pubmed-67019192019-08-26 Cardiac Tamponade in the Setting of a Thymoma Khan, Abdul Jain, Akriti G FaisalUddin, Mohammed Khetpal, Neelam D'Souza, Jason Cureus Cardiology Thymoma is the most common neoplasm originating in the anterior mediastinum and accounts for a quarter of all mediastinal tumors. A pericardial effusion is an uncommon initial manifestation present in approximately 20% of patients. However, our patient had hemorrhagic pericardial effusions causing a cardiac tamponade with bilateral pleural effusions, nodular left pleural based masses, and ascites. In this report, we describe the unique features of our case and its management. Cureus 2019-06-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6701919/ /pubmed/31453026 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4952 Text en Copyright © 2019, Khan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Khan, Abdul
Jain, Akriti G
FaisalUddin, Mohammed
Khetpal, Neelam
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Cardiac Tamponade in the Setting of a Thymoma
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title_short Cardiac Tamponade in the Setting of a Thymoma
title_sort cardiac tamponade in the setting of a thymoma
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6701919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31453026
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4952
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