An Uncommon Cause of Cardiac Arrest: Tamponade Secondary to Malignant Pericardial Effusion From Myxoid Sarcoma
Primary tumors involving the pericardium are rare and often are incidentally discovered with transthoracic echocardiography. These tumors cause complications from obstruction of cardiac function with hemodynamic instability. We present a case of a 30-year-old man with primary myxoid sarcoma that res...
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| description | Primary tumors involving the pericardium are rare and often are incidentally discovered with transthoracic echocardiography. These tumors cause complications from obstruction of cardiac function with hemodynamic instability. We present a case of a 30-year-old man with primary myxoid sarcoma that resulted in cardiac arrest from malignant pericardial effusion. Despite partial resection and chemotherapy, the patient died. Despite being rare, with a 2-year survival of 60%, it is important for clinicians to be able to recognize complications from this tumor. Although no formal guidelines exist, performing surveillance echocardiography in this patient population could prevent some complications. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b872b8cf5cd74e9da023f263d326d0442025-08-20T02:12:59ZengAmerican College of PhysiciansAnnals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases2767-76642022-04-011210.7326/aimcc.2022.0183An Uncommon Cause of Cardiac Arrest: Tamponade Secondary to Malignant Pericardial Effusion From Myxoid SarcomaMarianna Weaver0James Bradley1Shahab Ghafghazi2Christopher Fine31Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky2Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky3Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky4Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, ColoradoPrimary tumors involving the pericardium are rare and often are incidentally discovered with transthoracic echocardiography. These tumors cause complications from obstruction of cardiac function with hemodynamic instability. We present a case of a 30-year-old man with primary myxoid sarcoma that resulted in cardiac arrest from malignant pericardial effusion. Despite partial resection and chemotherapy, the patient died. Despite being rare, with a 2-year survival of 60%, it is important for clinicians to be able to recognize complications from this tumor. Although no formal guidelines exist, performing surveillance echocardiography in this patient population could prevent some complications.https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2022.0183 |
| spellingShingle | Marianna Weaver James Bradley Shahab Ghafghazi Christopher Fine An Uncommon Cause of Cardiac Arrest: Tamponade Secondary to Malignant Pericardial Effusion From Myxoid Sarcoma Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases |
| title | An Uncommon Cause of Cardiac Arrest: Tamponade Secondary to Malignant Pericardial Effusion From Myxoid Sarcoma |
| title_full | An Uncommon Cause of Cardiac Arrest: Tamponade Secondary to Malignant Pericardial Effusion From Myxoid Sarcoma |
| title_fullStr | An Uncommon Cause of Cardiac Arrest: Tamponade Secondary to Malignant Pericardial Effusion From Myxoid Sarcoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Uncommon Cause of Cardiac Arrest: Tamponade Secondary to Malignant Pericardial Effusion From Myxoid Sarcoma |
| title_short | An Uncommon Cause of Cardiac Arrest: Tamponade Secondary to Malignant Pericardial Effusion From Myxoid Sarcoma |
| title_sort | uncommon cause of cardiac arrest tamponade secondary to malignant pericardial effusion from myxoid sarcoma |
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