Case Report
Year: 2019 | Month: June | Volume: 9 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 393-396
Cardiac Tamponade - As an Initial Presentation of Adenocarcinoma of Lung
Sujata Kumbhar1, Avinash Mane2, Parneet Kaur3, Aaliya.S3, Saswati Boral3, Neha sharma3
1Asso. Professor, Department of Pathology, KIMS, Karad.
2Asst. Professor, Department of Pathology, KIMS, Karad.
3Tutor, Department of Pathology, KIMS, Karad.
Corresponding Author: Avinash Mane
ABSTRACT
Cardiac Tamponade is a life threatening condition. Most common cause of cardiac tamponade in India is tuberculosis and malignancies. Primary tumours of pericardium are rare compared to metastatic malignancies. Adenocarcinoma of lung is the most common cause of malignant cardiac tamponade. We here with present a case of cardiac tamponade as an initial manifestation of metastatic adenocarcinoma lung in a 37 year old female.
Key words: Cardiac tamponade, adenocarcinoma.