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Rui Flores1, Fernando Mané1, Inês Conde1
1Cardiology, Hospital de Braga, Braga, PRT.
Abstract:
A 67-year-old female was admitted due to dyspnea. A computed tomography (CT) disclosed a suspicious pulmonary mass and a pericardial effusion. A transthoracic echocardiogram confirmed a large-volume circumferential pericardial effusion. A pericardiocentesis was performed, and the cytological and histochemical studies later confirmed the diagnosis of pulmonary adenocarcinoma. This case report highlights the casualty of having found a cardiac tamponade through a CT not synchronized with an electrocardiogram.
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