• J Formos Med Assoc · Mar 1994

    Case Reports

    Constrictive pericarditis after sclerosing therapy with mitomycin C for malignant pericardial effusion: report of a case.

    • M T Lin, P C Yang, and K T Luh.
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Chang-Hua Christian Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • J Formos Med Assoc. 1994 Mar 1; 93 (3): 250-2.

    AbstractMalignant pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade is a life-threatening oncological emergency. Pericardiocentesis with sclerosing therapy is a life-saving palliative treatment procedure. Because of the short life expectancy in these patients, pericardial constriction after pericardial sclerosing therapy has been rarely reported in the literature. We report a patient with malignant pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade which was successfully controlled by intrapericardial mitomycin C instillation. This patient developed pericardial constriction six months after mitomycin C pericardial sclerosis. It should be noted that pericardial constriction may occur if a patient survives long enough after successful pericardial sclerosis.

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