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Remarkable response to pericardial window procedure and weekly docetaxel treatment in a metastatic breast cancer patient with pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade.
Document Type
Article
Source
Clinical Case Reports. Dec2020, Vol. 8 Issue 12, p3178-3183. 6p.
Subject
*METASTATIC breast cancer
*PERICARDIAL effusion
*CARDIAC tamponade
*DOCETAXEL
*CANCER patients
*PERICARDIUM paracentesis
Language
ISSN
2050-0904
Abstract
Metastatic breast cancer may present as a pericardial effusion that can progress to a life‐threatening cardiac tamponade. Pericardial window followed by initial chemotherapy needs to be immediately applied in order to achieve a favorable outcome. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]