| Spontaneous hemopericardium leading to cardiac tamponade in a patient with essential thrombocythemia. | |
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PMID: 21318136 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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Acute cardiac tamponade requires urgent diagnosis and treatment. Spontaneous hemopericardium leading to cardiac tamponade as an initial manifestation of essential thrombocythemia (ET) has never been reported in the literature. We report a case of a 72-year-old Caucasian female who presented with spontaneous hemopericardium and tamponade requiring emergent pericardiocentesis. The patient was subsequently diagnosed to have ET. ET is characterized by elevated platelet counts that can lead to thrombosis but paradoxically it can also lead to a bleeding diathesis. Physicians should be aware of this complication so that timely life-saving measures can be taken if this complication arises. |
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Anand Deshmukh; Shanmuga P Subbiah; Sakshi Malhotra; Pooja Deshmukh; Suman Pasupuleti; Syed Mohiuddin |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2011-01-18 |
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Title: Cardiology research and practice Volume: 2011 ISSN: 2090-0597 ISO Abbreviation: Cardiol Res Pract Publication Date: 2011 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-02-14 Completed Date: 2011-07-14 Revised Date: 2011-07-25 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101516542 Medline TA: Cardiol Res Pract Country: Egypt |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 247814 Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68131, USA. |
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