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A 77-year-old woman with primary pericardial undifferentiated carcinoma experienced rapid tumor progression and died of multiple organ failure within four months of presentation despite palliative radiation.
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Primary pericardial undifferentiated carcinoma is an extremely rare and aggressive malignancy with a dismal prognosis, often presenting with pericardial effusion and rapidly progressing to death.
Rapid progression despite radiation cautions clinicians on this rare carcinoma; extends sparse reports but leaves effective therapies open.
A primary pericardial tumor is very rare. A 77-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with chief complaint of exertional dyspnea due to large amount of pericardial effusion. She was finally diagnosed as pericardial undifferentiated carcinoma without definite histopathologial, immunochemistry feature. Despite palliative radiation therapy, the patient died of multiple organ failure. The prognosis of primary pericardial undifferentiated carcinoma is known to be very poor, especially in old people.
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Kwon et al. (2010) conducted a case report in Primary pericardial undifferentiated carcinoma (n=1). Palliative radiation therapy was evaluated on Clinical course and survival. A 77-year-old woman with primary pericardial undifferentiated carcinoma experienced rapid tumor progression and died of multiple organ failure within four months of presentation despite palliative radiation.
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