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Surgical drainage and antibiotic therapy successfully managed purulent pericarditis complicating cecal carcinoma and bacteremia, allowing for subsequent colonic surgery.
Purulent pericarditis can occur as a rare complication of cecal carcinoma with bacteremia and can be successfully managed with surgical drainage and antibiotics.
Hypothesis-generating for managing rare purulent pericarditis in bacteremic colorectal cancer; larger studies needed before broader adoption.
We report the unusual concatenation of cecal carcinoma complicated by bacteremia and purulent pericarditis. The organism responsible for the pericarditis was not definitely established. The pericarditis was successfully managed by surgical drainage and antibiotic therapy. Colonic surgery followed eradication of the pericarditis.
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Forman et al. (1976) studied this question. Surgical drainage and antibiotic therapy successfully managed purulent pericarditis complicating cecal carcinoma and bacteremia, allowing for subsequent colonic surgery.
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