Key result
Cytologic examination of pericardial effusion fluid successfully established the rare antemortem diagnosis of primary cardiac lymphoma.
Population
1 adult male presenting with facial edema, dry cough, wheezing, and cardiac tamponade due to primary cardiac…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
10 months
Authors
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Cytologic pericardial fluid analysis may aid rare antemortem primary cardiac lymphoma diagnosis; leaves open generalizability pending further cases.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Cytologic examination of pericardial effusion can be an effective method for the rare antemortem diagnosis of primary cardiac lymphoma.
Yamada et al. (1997) conducted a case report in Primary cardiac lymphoma (n=1). Cytologic examination of pericardial effusion was evaluated on Antemortem diagnosis. Cytologic examination of pericardial effusion fluid successfully established the rare antemortem diagnosis of primary cardiac lymphoma.
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