Pericardial mesothelioma presenting as chronic constrictive pericarditis. A series of three cases from a single institution
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Primary pericardial mesothelioma presenting as constrictive pericarditis.
Primary pericardial mesothelioma is a rare tumour, often discovered late in a patient's clinical course or at autopsy. Antemortem diagnosis is usually made at the time of surgery. A patient who presented with what appeared to be viral pericarditis in October 1997 is reported. Recurrent symptoms prompted re-evaluation with echocardiography, chest computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0377-4929
DOI: 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_711_17