Pericardial breast cancer metastasis 25 years after mastectomy

Pericardial effusion in a patient with a history of cancer should always prompt a hypothesis of malignant involvement. We report the case of a 66-year-old white woman presenting with pericardial effusion 25 years after a mastectomy for ductal breast carcinoma. This is one of the cases with the lates...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Tumori 2012-01, Vol.98 (1), p.e7
Hauptverfasser:	Rovere, Rodrigo Kraft, de Araujo, Daniel Brito, Ribeiro, Daniel Rios Pinto, Marques, Rogério Torres
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - administration & dosage Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use Breast Neoplasms - pathology Breast Neoplasms - surgery Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast - secondary Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast - surgery Chemotherapy, Adjuvant Cyclophosphamide - administration & dosage Dyspnea - etiology Fatal Outcome Female Fluorouracil - administration & dosage Heart Neoplasms - complications Heart Neoplasms - secondary Heart Neoplasms - therapy Humans Liver Failure - etiology Liver Neoplasms - complications Liver Neoplasms - drug therapy Liver Neoplasms - secondary Mastectomy, Simple Methotrexate - administration & dosage Pericardial Effusion - etiology Pericardial Effusion - surgery Pericardial Window Techniques Pericardiocentesis Pericardium - pathology Pericardium - surgery
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Zusammenfassung:	Pericardial effusion in a patient with a history of cancer should always prompt a hypothesis of malignant involvement. We report the case of a 66-year-old white woman presenting with pericardial effusion 25 years after a mastectomy for ductal breast carcinoma. This is one of the cases with the latest recurrence ever reported.
ISSN:	2038-2529
DOI:	10.1700/1053.11521