Cardiac tamponade mimicking tuberculous pericarditis as the initial presentation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in a 58-year-old woman: a case report... Case Presentation We report the case of a 58-year-old African American-Nigerian woman with a history of travel to Nigeria and a positive tuberculin skin test who presented with cardiac tamponade....
Treatment with corticosteroid for pericardial effusion in a patient with advanced synchronous esophageal and gastric cancers following... This patient presented with pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade after definitive chemoradiotherapy and was successfully treated with corticosteroid after pericardiocentesis....
Pericardial tamponade and limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (crest syndrome)A patient with limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (ISSc) is described who presented with acute chest pain, dyspnoea and signs of cardiac tamponade requiring pericardiocentesis although the quantity of effusion was moderate....
Heparin-induced cardiac tamponade and life-threatening hyperkalemia in a patient with chronic hemodialysis ... However, heparin-induced cardiac tamponade is rarely encountered and may be easily overlooked....
