Occult cardiac lymphoma presenting with cardiac tamponade

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-64

  Wilhite, Douglas B ^a   Quigley, Robert L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade diagnosis etiology surgery; Catheters, indwelling; Heart neoplasms complications; Lymphoma pathology; Pericardial effusion diagnosis etiology surgery; Pericardial window techniques; Pericardiectomy; Pericardium surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCULT CANCER; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOTOMY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PERICARDIAL WINDOW TECHNIQUES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0037217352     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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