RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Intrapericardial chemotherapy for the management of neoplastic cardiac tamponade
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 526
OP 528
VO 24
IS 5
A1 Siddiqui, Neelam
A1 Al-Diab, Abdulrahman I.
YR 2003
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/24/5/526.abstract
AB A young patient with disseminated osteogenic sarcoma presented with cardiac tamponade. She was successfully managed with pericardiocentesis and intrapericardial instillation of cisplatin. There was no reaccumulation of pericardial fluid or recurrence of tamponade until the patient's death 12 months later. Intrapericardial chemotherapy may be effective in the management of cardiac tamponade secondary to malignancy.