Think Outside the Heart: An Unusual Cause of Large Hemopericardium

We describe a 66-year-old male found to have a large bloody pericardial effusion causing tamponade physiology, and multimodality imaging was consistent with intrapericardial malignancy with no identifiable primary source. He was subsequently diagnosed with type B3 thymoma after mediastinal resection.PMID:37694169 | PMC:PMC10487124 | DOI:10.14797/mdcvj.1276

Source: Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal - September 11, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Nabel Rajab Basha Priscilla Wessly Mohammed A Chamsi-Pasha Source Type: research