Cardiac compression from a rheumatoid pericardial mass

Cardiac lymphoma causing coronary compression, pericardial effusion, and atrioventricular block.

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Cardiac actinomycosis in a patient presenting with acute cardiac tamponade and a mass mimicking pericardial tumour.

A case of pericardial actinomycosis mimicking a pericardial tumour is reported. After the appearance of non-specific subpleural pulmonary nodules, a 48 year old woman presented with fever and clinical signs of pericardial tamponade. Subxiphoid pericardiotomy yielded a culture negative fluid and inflammatory reactive histopathology in the pericardial biopsy specimen. Because of suspected infecti...

Massive anterior mediastinal mass causing cardiac compression.

Constrictive pericarditis with pseudocirrhosis secondary to compression of right cardiac chambers by huge calcific pericardial cystic mass.

A 73-year-old male patient was admitted to our cardiol-ogy department with complaints of exertional dyspnea and abdominal distention of 6 months' duration. He had complained of fatigue and shortness of breath, which corresponded to New York Heart Association class III symptoms, so his physician had put him on oral diuretics. On physical examination, his heart rate was 93 bpm. The liver was enla...

pericardial effusion after pediatric cardiac surgeries: a single center observation

conclusions: pe may be developed as late as weeks after cardiac surgeries. pe after palliative cardiac surgeries is not uncommon. low doses of aspirin and corticosteroids are usually effective for treating this complication. objectives: our aim was to assess the prevalence, risk factors, time course and therapy response of pericardial effusion (pe) after cardiac surgeries in children. patients ...