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Cisplatin-based chemotherapy with vinorelbine led to the complete disappearance of FDG accumulation and prevented pericardial effusion recurrence in a patient with cardiac tamponade.
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Chemotherapy with cisplatin and vinorelbine following drainage may contribute to long-term survival in rare cases of cardiac tamponade caused by malignant pericardial effusion from squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary.
May support cisplatin-vinorelbine after drainage in rare malignant tamponade; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation.
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Itaru Nagahiro (2009) conducted a case report in Cardiac tamponade due to malignant pericardial effusion of squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary site (n=1). Cisplatin and vinorelbine was evaluated on Clinical response. Cisplatin-based chemotherapy with vinorelbine led to the complete disappearance of FDG accumulation and prevented pericardial effusion recurrence in a patient with cardiac tamponade.
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