Why the study?
Neoplastic pericardial involvement is rarely symptomatic before death, and breast carcinoma presenting as cardiac tamponade is unusual.
Population
A 41-year-old woman presenting with cardiac tamponade
Design
Case report
Authors
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Cardiac tamponade warrants malignancy consideration even as initial presentation; extends sparse case reports on breast cancer but remains hypothesis-generating.
Cardiac tamponade can be an unusual first manifestation of breast cancer, and cytologic examination of pericardial fluid is recommended for early recognition of malignancy.
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