Cardiac tamponade due to malignant pericardial effusion in breast cancer: A case report

Authors

  • Sultan Mahmud Department of Cardiac Surgery, BSMMU
  • Omar Sadeque Khan Department of Cardiac Surgery, BSMMU
  • Md. Aftabuddin Department of Cardiac Surgery, BSMMU
  • Asit Baran Adhikary Department of Cardiac Surgery, BSMMU

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bsmmuj.v9i1.28946

Keywords:

Breast cancer, Cardiac tamponade, Malignant, Pericardial effusion

Abstract

We present a case of 35 years old women who presented to our institution with a history of bilateral infiltrating duct cell carcinoma of breast, chest pain with heaviness, severe respiratory distress and hypotension. Echocardiography revealed massive pericardial effusion with features of cardiac tamponade. The patient was treated with urgent pericardiocentesis followed by subxiphoid pericardial window drainage of 500ml of haemorrhagic pericardial fluid. Cytological examina­tion confirmed the previous suspicious of malignancy. The patient tolerated the procedure very well, immediate sympto­matic relief was observed.

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Published

2016-07-28

How to Cite

Mahmud, S., Khan, O. S., Aftabuddin, M., & Adhikary, A. B. (2016). Cardiac tamponade due to malignant pericardial effusion in breast cancer: A case report. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal, 9(1), 53–56. https://doi.org/10.3329/bsmmuj.v9i1.28946

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Case Report

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