STUDY OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of minocycline hydrochloride (minocycline) intrapericardially in patients with malignant pericardial effusion. DESIGN Consecutive patients admitted to the hospital during a 32-month period received intrapericardial minocycline. SETTING A 900-bed university hospital. PATIENTS Fourteen consecutive patients with malignant pericardial e...

The most common type of arrhythmia following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is atrial fibrillation (AF) with an incidence rate of 20-30%. Pericardial effusion is one of the etiologic factors of atrial fibrillation occurring after CABG. Posterior pericardiotomy (PP) causes the drainage of blood and fluids from the pericardial space into the pleural space leading to a decreased pericardial e...

Thijs, L. G., Kroon, T. A. J., and van Leeuwen, Th. M. (1974). Thorax, 29, 490-494. Leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary trunk associated with pericardial effusion. The case history of a patient with a leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary trunk is presented. The clinical picture was dominated by unexplained shortness of breath, episodes of cough and haemoptysis, general weakness, and weight loss. Signs o...

A case of a 37 year old man with cardiac angiosarcoma causing recurrent pericardial effusion, who eventually died of cardiac rupture, is presented. The diagnosis was not established until the postmortem examination despite echocardiography, pericardiocentesis, and pericardial biopsy investigations. There is neither a specific manifestation that enables early recognition nor well proven effectiv...

INTRODUCTION Pericardial effusion as a complication of malignant gynecological disorders is rare. Few cases of endometrial cancer, squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix, ovarian cancer and uterine carcinosarcoma have been previously reported. We report the first case of cardiac tamponade secondary to a cervical adenocarcinoma. CASE PRESENTATION A 54-year-old Caucasian woman, without any relev...

Pericardial effusion represents a common postoperative complication in cardiac surgery. Nonetheless, it can be resistant to conventional therapy leading to prolonged in-hospital stay and worsening of clinical conditions. Recent literature shows that colchicine therapy should be useful in the treatment of recurrent post surgical pericardial effusion. Hereby we report the case of a patient with p...

Background. The diagnosis and treatment of massive pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade have evolved over the years with a tendency towards a more comprehensive diagnostic workup and less traumatic intervention. Method. We reviewed and analysed the data of 32 consecutive patients who underwent surgery on account of massive pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade in a semiurban universi...

Hossein Moravej*1, MD; Zohreh Karamizadeh1, MD; Farzaneh Nikfarjam2; Hamid Amoozgar3, MD Department Pediatrics, Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran Received: Oct 05, 2011; Accepted: Apr 01, 2012 Edema is a rare complication of insulin therapy[1]. According to literature, only ten cases of insulin edema in children and adolescents have been reported. We present a 14 year ...

BACKGROUND The optimal window procedure for drainage of a large pericardial effusion has yet to be established. The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes associated with the subxiphoid and thoracotomy pericardial window techniques, with a focus on perioperative pain and effusion recurrence rates. METHODS A retrospective single-center observational study of all pericardial window o...

usually deadly, it can be painfully disabling if not treated appropriately. Pericardial tamponade is a potentially deadly result of pericardial effusion. Such an effusion can develop from pericardial inflammation or cardiac trauma. Unfortunately, the early features of tamponade can mimic those of other diseases and lead to initial misdiagnosis. Acute myocarditis is relatively uncommon, but it i...