Unexplained recurrent pericardial effusion in a young adult male: Think beyond tuberculosis

Pericardial effusion is usually caused by infection, fluid overload states, connective tissue disorders, heart surgery, aortic dissection, and malignancy. When a patient presents with recurrent isolated pericardial effusion accompanied by a nonspecific history and negative laboratory tests, it can p...

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Autores principales:	Anshuman Darbari, Barun Kumar, Augustine Jose, Ajit Kumar
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Publicado:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021
Materias:	angiosarcoma cardiac tumors pericardial effusion pericardium tamponade Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system RC666-701
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:60571dc0a92a4b2d92f9c56192c322b32021-11-12T11:12:16ZUnexplained recurrent pericardial effusion in a young adult male: Think beyond tuberculosis2251-95722251-958010.4103/rcm.rcm_39_21https://doaj.org/article/60571dc0a92a4b2d92f9c56192c322b32021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.rcvmonline.com/article.asp?issn=2251-9572;year=2021;volume=10;issue=3;spage=88;epage=90;aulast=Darbarihttps://doaj.org/toc/2251-9572https://doaj.org/toc/2251-9580Pericardial effusion is usually caused by infection, fluid overload states, connective tissue disorders, heart surgery, aortic dissection, and malignancy. When a patient presents with recurrent isolated pericardial effusion accompanied by a nonspecific history and negative laboratory tests, it can pose a diagnostic dilemma to the clinician. Primary malignant tumors of the pericardium are sporadic, and most primary malignant pericardial tumors are mesotheliomas. We report the case of a young adult male with recurrent pericardial effusion and no specific clinical clues enabling an early diagnosis, which later turned out to be caused by a primary angiosarcoma of the pericardium.Anshuman DarbariBarun KumarAugustine JoseAjit KumarWolters Kluwer Medknow Publicationsarticleangiosarcomacardiac tumorspericardial effusionpericardiumtamponadeDiseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) systemRC666-701ENResearch in Cardiovascular Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 3, Pp 88-90 (2021)
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description	Pericardial effusion is usually caused by infection, fluid overload states, connective tissue disorders, heart surgery, aortic dissection, and malignancy. When a patient presents with recurrent isolated pericardial effusion accompanied by a nonspecific history and negative laboratory tests, it can pose a diagnostic dilemma to the clinician. Primary malignant tumors of the pericardium are sporadic, and most primary malignant pericardial tumors are mesotheliomas. We report the case of a young adult male with recurrent pericardial effusion and no specific clinical clues enabling an early diagnosis, which later turned out to be caused by a primary angiosarcoma of the pericardium.
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title	Unexplained recurrent pericardial effusion in a young adult male: Think beyond tuberculosis
title_short	Unexplained recurrent pericardial effusion in a young adult male: Think beyond tuberculosis
title_full	Unexplained recurrent pericardial effusion in a young adult male: Think beyond tuberculosis
title_fullStr	Unexplained recurrent pericardial effusion in a young adult male: Think beyond tuberculosis
title_full_unstemmed	Unexplained recurrent pericardial effusion in a young adult male: Think beyond tuberculosis
title_sort	unexplained recurrent pericardial effusion in a young adult male: think beyond tuberculosis
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Unexplained recurrent pericardial effusion in a young adult male: Think beyond tuberculosis

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