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Endometrial adenocarcinoma complicated by malignant pericardial effusion
M Santala1, U Puistola, A Kauppila
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oulu University Central Hospital, Finland.
Gynecologic Oncology
|March 1, 1995
Abstract:
A case of malignant pericardial effusion associated with endometrial adenocarcinoma is presented. A total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and partial omentectomy was performed 8 months before the occurrence of cardiac tamponade. The treatment of malignant pericardial effusion consisted of emergency pericardiocentesis and systemic chemotherapy and a clinical response for 6 months was achieved.