Early detection and prompt management of malignant pericardial effusion in cervical cancer patients may improve quality of life and decrease morbidity.
Alerts clinicians to rare pericardial involvement in cervical cancer; leaves open optimal screening or management strategies.
The occurrence of malignant pericardial effusion is rare in squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix. Only six cases of antemortem diagnosis have been reported. We report a patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix who received emergent pericardiocentesis. In a few reported cases, women with pericardial involvement are candidates for radiation or chemotherapy. Early detection and prompt management of pericardial effusion is correlated with better quality of life and a decreased morbidity.
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