Gupta Kamal, Mathur Virendra S
Department of Cardiology, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Tex Heart Inst J. 2003;30(2):130-3.
We describe the case of a 75-year-old man who presented with a large pericardial effusion and an intrapericardial mass. Malignant thymoma with pericardial involvement was diagnosed by percutaneous pericardial tumor biopsy. The pleural effusion was not malignant. The patient underwent further oncologic evaluation followed by adjunctive chemotherapy and radical extirpation of the tumor. He remains asymptomatic and free of disease 24 months after the procedure. We also discuss the role of percutaneous biopsy in the diagnosis of pericardial diseases.
我们报告一例75岁男性患者,其表现为大量心包积液和心包内肿块。经皮心包肿瘤活检诊断为伴有心包受累的恶性胸腺瘤。胸腔积液并非恶性。患者接受了进一步的肿瘤学评估,随后进行了辅助化疗和肿瘤根治性切除。术后24个月,他仍无症状且未出现疾病复发。我们还讨论了经皮活检在诊断心包疾病中的作用。