Primary Mesothelioma of the Pericardium
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چکیده
A PATIENT with a pericardial effusion may frequently present a diagnostic problem. A primary malignancy of the heart or pericardium is one of the rare causes of such an effusion. Lymburner1 at the Mayo Clinic reported an incidence of .05 per cent in 8,500 consecutive autopsies. Mesotheliomas compose only a small percentage of the primary tumors of the heart and pericardium. Dawe, Wood, and Mitchell2 in a recent and excellent review of the literature could find only 24 cases that conformed to the category of primary mesothelioma of the heart or pericardium. This case of a mesothelioma of the pericardium is reported because it is typical of a rare condition, there is no doubt regarding the origin of the tumor, and in the hope that this clinicopathologic picture of persistent bloody pericardial effusion may serve as the basis for future antemortem diagnoses.
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