Malignant pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade in a patient with metastatic vaginal adenocarcinoma

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1458-1461

  Nagarsheth, N P ^a   Harrison, M ^a   Kalir, T ^a   Rahaman, J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Pericardial effusion; Vaginal cancer

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; PLATINUM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METASTASIS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA CARCINOMA; WEAKNESS;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; ADULT; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745061882     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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