Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Korean Society of Echocardiography (한국심초음파학회)
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A RARE CASE WITH PRIMARY UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA OF PERICARDIUM

  • Kwon, Hyuk-Yong (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Medical Center) ;
  • Cho, Kyoung-Im (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Medical Center) ;
  • Kim, Seong-Man (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Medical Center) ;
  • Lee, Hyeon-Gook (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Medical Center) ;
  • Hwang, Chi-Sung (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Medical Center) ;
  • Kim, Hyeon-Jin (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Medical Center) ;
  • Kang, Ji-Hyun (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Medical Center) ;
  • Kim, Myung-Joon (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Medical Center) ;
  • Jang, Kee-Taek (Department of Pathology, Samusng Medical Center) ;
  • Kim, Tae-Ik (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Medical Center)
  • Published : 2010.09.27
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Abstract

A primary pericardial tumor is very rare. A 77-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with chief complaint of exertional dyspnea due to large amount of pericardial effusion. She was finally diagnosed as pericardial undifferentiated carcinoma without definite histopathologial, immunochemistry feature. Despite palliative radiation therapy, the patient died of multiple organ failure. The prognosis of primary pericardial undifferentiated carcinoma is known to be very poor, especially in old people.

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