Key result
A 39-year-old man with an undifferentiated cardiac sarcoma mimicking a large pericardial effusion required emergency surgical debulking after failed pericardiocentesis.
Population
39-year-old man with acute cardiac tamponade secondary to a malignant sarcoma of the heart
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Cardiac sarcoma mimicking effusion risks failed pericardiocentesis; case reports leave open MRI utility for non-emergent differentiation.
Case Report (n=1)
Differentiation of an effusive constriction from a tumour with similar densities is extremely difficult on both CT and echocardiography, highlighting the potential need for cardiac MRI in non-emergent cases.
Burnside et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Cardiac sarcoma causing mechanical tamponade (n=1). Decompressive pericardiocentesis and surgical debulking was evaluated. A 39-year-old man with an undifferentiated cardiac sarcoma mimicking a large pericardial effusion required emergency surgical debulking after failed pericardiocentesis.
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