Abstract:Pericardial disease is a common manifestation of malignancy. Gynecologic malignancies such as ovarian cancer rarely present with cardiac involvement. Cardiac tamponade may be the initial presentation of malignancy in as many as half of pericardial disease cases. We report the case of a 60-year-old female with known ovarian adenocarcinoma, who achieved initial success with tumor debulking and adjuvant chemotherapy but was lost to follow-up. She presented again three years later with new-onset dyspnea and descri… Show more
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