Carcinomatous Involvement of the Pericardium Producing the Syndrome of Constrictive Pericarditis: Report of a Case

Case Reports1 August 1956CARCINOMATOUS INVOLVEMENT OF THE PERICARDIUM PRODUCING THE SYNDROME OF CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS: REPORT OF A CASEMORRIS BERK, M.D., F.A.C.P.MORRIS BERK, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-45-2-298 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptInvolvement of the pericardium in the course of generalized carcinomatosis is not uncommon.1, 2 Obliteration of the pericardial cavity by such a process is rare. The production of the clinical syndrome of chronic cardiac compression, or constrictive pericarditis, is even rarer, not more than a handful of cases having been reported.3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Neoplastic lesions of the malignant lymphoma group, in contrast to carcinoma, are more commonly operative in the production of this syndrome.8The following case is presented as an example of the chronic cardiac compression syndrome, secondary to carcinoma, and serves to point out that chronic...Bibliography1. Yater WM: Tumor of the heart and pericardium, Arch. Int. Med. 48: 627, 1931. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. PolliaGogol JALJ: Some notes on malignancies of the heart, Am. J. Cancer 27: 329, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. WallaceLogue JJRB: Metastatic carcinoma as a cause of constrictive pericarditis, Am. Heart J. 31: 223, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. SlaterKroopZuckerman SRIGS: Constrictive pericarditis caused by solitary carcinosis of the pericardium and complicated by radiation fibrosis of the mediastinum, Am. Heart J. 43: 401-412 (Mar.) 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Fischer JW: Neoplastic involvement of the pericardium producing the syndrome of constrictive pericarditis, Am. Heart J. 35: 813, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Leaman WG: Management of the cardiac patient, 1940, J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, p. 432. Google Scholar7. Cabot Case No. 39051, New England J. Med. 248: 198-202 (Jan. 29) 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. ScottGarvin RWCF: Tumors of the heart and pericardium, Am. Heart J. 17: 431, 1939. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. De LoachHaynes JFJW: Secondary tumors of the heart and pericardium, Arch. Int. Med. 91: 224, 1953. Google Scholar10. Prichard RW: Tumors of the heart, Arch. Path. 51: 98-128 (Jan.) 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar11. CollerInkleyMoragues FCJJV: Neoplastic endocardial implants: report of a case, Am. J. Clin. Path. 20: 159-164 (Feb.) 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. LisaHirschornHart JRLCA: Tumors of the heart, Arch. Int. Med. 67: 91, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Oakland, California*Received for publication May 16, 1955.From the Veterans Administration Hospital, Oakland, California.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Morris Berk, M.D., Veterans Administration Hospital, Thirteenth and Harrison Streets, Oakland 12, California. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHerz- und PerikardtumorenDie konstriktive Perikarditis und die Ergebnisse ihrer operativen BehandlungHerz- und Perikardtumoren 1 August 1956Volume 45, Issue 2Page: 298-306KeywordsCarcinomatosisFibrosisLesionsLymphomaPericardiumTuberculosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1956 PDF downloadLoading ...