Cardiac tamponade as an unusual presentation of advanced breast cancer in pregnancy

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 989-991

  Khabele, Dineo ^a,b   Chasen, Stephen ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Cardiac tamponade; Pregnancy complications, neoplastic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CHEST PAIN; DYSPNEA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC;

EID: 0032755303     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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