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Un caso raro de afectación pericárdica en pseudomixoma peritoneal

Edoardo Brogiolo¹, Lilia Lagha¹

¹Department of Medicine, Wexham Park Hospital, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Slough, GBR.

|December 22, 2025

Resumen

El pseudomixoma peritonei (PMP) puede afectar raramente el corazón, causando pericarditis constrictiva. La ecocardiografía temprana es crucial para pacientes con PMP y dolor torácico para detectar y manejar esta rara complicación cardíaca.

Área de la Ciencia:

Cardiología
Oncología

Sus antecedentes:

El pseudomixoma peritonei (PMP) es una afección rara caracterizada por ascitis mucinosa.
Los neoplasmas apendiculares son una fuente común de PMP.

Objetivo del estudio:

Informar un caso raro de PMP con afectación pericárdica.
Destacar la importancia de la ecocardiografía en pacientes con PMP y dolor torácico.

Principales métodos:

Informe de caso de un hombre de 59 años con PMP recurrente.
Presentación clínica: dolor torácico y disnea.
Investigaciones diagnósticas que incluyen ecocardiografía.

Principales resultados:

Se diagnosticó pericarditis constrictiva transitoria con derrame pericárdico leve.
Se observó linfadenopatía pericárdica.
Resolución de la inflamación pericárdica con terapia antiinflamatoria.

Conclusiones:

El PMP puede asociarse con enfermedades pericárdicas, incluida la pericarditis constrictiva.
La ecocardiografía es esencial para la detección temprana de la afectación cardíaca en el PMP.
El manejo oportuno puede prevenir complicaciones graves como el taponamiento cardíaco.

Palabras clave:

informe de caso cirugía citorreductora (crs)quimioterapia hipertérmica perioperatoria (hipec)derrame pericárdico pericarditis pmp pseudomixoma peritonei

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