Constrictive pericarditis caused by primary liposarcoma

R J Lionarons; J van Baarlen; J F Hitchcock

doi:10.1136/thx.45.7.566

Constrictive pericarditis caused by primary liposarcoma

Thorax. 1990 Jul;45(7):566-7. doi: 10.1136/thx.45.7.566.

Authors

R J Lionarons¹, J van Baarlen, J F Hitchcock

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Abstract

A 30 year old man presented with symptoms of constrictive pericarditis. Echocardiography and computed tomography showed a mass extending from the pericardium to surround the heart and penetrating the left ventricular apex. An unresectable pleomorphic liposarcoma arising from the pericardium was found at thoracotomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Heart Neoplasms / complications*
Heart Neoplasms / pathology
Humans
Liposarcoma / complications*
Liposarcoma / pathology
Male
Pericarditis, Constrictive / etiology*