An incidentally diagnosed rare case of pericardial fibroma presenting as cardiomyopathy, cardiac failure and ventricular tacycardia in a elderly male alcoholic diabetic copd patient
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH - Year 2015, Vol 7, Issue 5
Abstract
Pericardial fibroma is a very rare occurrence in clinical practice (< 0.0001%) (Lam et al., 1993). They may be asymptomatic or can present as case of cardiac failure or even lead to sudden death (cardiac arrythmias). Many a times they are encountered while patient is being evaluated for other reasons (Meng et al., 2002). We present here, a incidentally diagnosed and successfully managed case of 61 yr old male COPD patient with pericardial fibroma (known diabetic, chronic smoker and chronic alcoholic) who presented to us in shock and respiratory distress and who during his hospital stay had various cardiac manifestations (cardiac failure, ventricular tachycardia, sudden cardiac arrest) and respiratory complications (bilateral pneumothorax).
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Rajeev, T. , Mrinda, J. Anurag, A.
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