Subacute Pericardial Tamponade After Sleeve Lower Lobectomy for an Extremely Rare Tumor.

Ann Thorac Surg

Section of Thoracic Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. Electronic address:

Published: May 2017

A rare case of subacute cardiac tamponade developed in a 71-year-old patient after a left lower lobe sleeve lobectomy for cancer. The patient was successfully treated by drainage of the pericardial effusion by a pigtail catheter. The exact cause is uncertain, but it appears to include an inflammatory component.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.10.038DOI Listing

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