Why the study?
Does intrapericardial cisplatin prevent recurrence of neoplastic cardiac tamponade in a patient with disseminated osteogenic sarcoma?
Population
17-year-old female with disseminated osteogenic sarcoma presenting with neoplastic cardiac tamponade (n=1)
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
12 months
Authors
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May support intrapericardial cisplatin to prevent neoplastic tamponade recurrence; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Does intrapericardial cisplatin prevent recurrence of neoplastic cardiac tamponade in a patient with disseminated osteogenic sarcoma?
Intrapericardial instillation of cisplatin following pericardiocentesis may be an effective and safe palliative treatment to prevent recurrence of neoplastic cardiac tamponade.
Siddiqui et al. (2003) studied this question.
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