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A 59-year-old woman with primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma presenting with constrictive pericarditis physiology was treated with pericardiectomy and chemotherapy, remaining alive at 8 months.
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Primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma is an extremely rare tumor that can present with constrictive pericarditis physiology, requiring high clinical suspicion and tissue biopsy for accurate diagnosis.
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May support pericardiectomy plus chemotherapy for short-term survival in rare constrictive pericardial mesothelioma; extends case literature but leaves open prospective data.
Lee et al. (2011) conducted a case report in Malignant Pericardial Mesothelioma (n=1). Pericardiectomy and combination chemotherapy (pemetrexed and carboplatin) was evaluated. A 59-year-old woman with primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma presenting with constrictive pericarditis physiology was treated with pericardiectomy and chemotherapy, remaining alive at 8 months.