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Management of malignant pericardial effusion

Publication details

Rohit Malde MBBS, MD, Amit Bahl MBBS, MD, MRCP, FRCR, FFRRCSI
Foundation Years Journal, volume 2, issue 4, p.189 (123Doc Education, London, April 2008)

Abstract

A 65-year-old woman presents to the medical admissions unit (MAU) with a 4-week history of progressive dyspnoea, weight loss, swelling over feet and a hacking cough worse on lying down and improving on leaning forward and sitting upright. She was previously diagnosed as having metastatic breast cancer and had recently completed her course of palliative chemotherapy a few months back. She continues on endocrine treatment with tamoxifen. There was no other relevant past history.

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Authors

Rohit Malde MBBS, MD

Rohit Malde MBBS, MD
Specialist Registrar in Clinical Oncology
Bristol Oncology Centre
Bristol

Amit Bahl MBBS, MD, MRCP, FRCR, FFRRCSI

Consultant in Clinical Oncology
Bristol Oncology centre
Horfield Road
Bristol BS2 8ED

References

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