Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2039. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.05.064
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Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Pericardial Tamponade Secondary to Castleman's Disease
Chaoji Zhang, MD,
Qi Miao, MD*,
Guangjun Chen, MD,
Xingrong Liu, MD,
Guotao Ma, MD,
Lihua Cao, MD,
Haibo Deng, MD
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
* Address correspondence to Dr Miao, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Dongdan, 1 Shuaifuyuan, Beijing, 100730, China (Email: miaoqipumc@hotmail.com).
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A 24-year-old man was admitted to a peripheral local hospital, providing low-level care with a 6-day history of progressive cough, fatigue, and dyspnea, which had worsened over the preceeding 6 hours with additional symptoms of orthopnea and hypotension. A computed tomographic scan revealed large pericardial and bilateral pleural effusions. The right pleura were aspirated of 1,000 mL of a yellow transudate with improvement in symptoms. A week . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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