Primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma should be considered in patients with recurrent pericardial effusion or late constrictive pericarditis, and may be successfully managed with surgery and pemetrexed/cisplatin chemotherapy.
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Supports consideration of primary pericardial mesothelioma in recurrent effusion; leaves open whether surgery plus chemotherapy improves outcomes in this rare entity.
Butz et al. (2009) studied this question.
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