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Pericardial drainage temporarily improved symptoms of malignant cardiac tamponade in a patient with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, allowing continuation of chemotherapy and survival for 3 months after tamponade onset.
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Pericardial drainage for malignant cardiac tamponade in a patient with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma allowed for the continuation of chemotherapy and prolonged survival.
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Effective pericardial drainage may enable chemotherapy continuation after tamponade in metastatic cholangiocarcinoma; hypothesis-generating for survival impact beyond case reports.
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Nomura et al. (2025) conducted a case report in Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with malignant cardiac tamponade (n=1). Pericardial drainage and chemotherapy was evaluated. Pericardial drainage temporarily improved symptoms of malignant cardiac tamponade in a patient with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, allowing continuation of chemotherapy and survival for 3 months after tamponade onset.
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