Exudative Pericarditis as a Serious Complication of Tumourous Disease

Czech version

Authors: M. Tamášová; R. Redhammer
Authors‘ workplace: Klinika tuberkulózy a pľúcnych chorôb FN a LFUK, Bratislava
Published in: Prakt. Lék. 2003; (2): 90-92
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Overview

The authors submit the case-history of 4 patients investigated in the course of 3 years with thebasic diagnosis of tumourous disease where they observed after different periods of timefollowing establishmet of the diagnosis exudative pericarditis as a complication of the basicdisease. The authors analyze the case-history, objective finding, laboratory parameters, X-ray,ECG. echocardiographic examination of the heart. Theymention also the therapeutic procedurein different patients, the survival time from the diagnosis of pericarditis to death.

Key words:
pericarditis - tumourous disease - complications - treatment.

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