Yeungnam Univ J Med.
2017 Jun;34(1):91-95. 10.12701/yujm.2017.34.1.91.
Bronchogenic cyst masquerading as malignant pericardial effusion with tamponade
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- 1Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. gubjae@yu.ac.kr
- KMID: 2400336
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2017.34.1.91
Abstract
- We report on a rare case involving a 23-year-old female patient with mediastinal cystic mass complicated with acute pericarditis and cardiac tamponade. Pericardial fluid demonstrated lymphocyte-predominant exudate and the level of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) was unexpectedly elevated. Successive aspiration of mediastinal cystic mass revealed a very high level of CEA (>100,000 U/mL) and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (>15,000 ng/mL). This patient was clinically diagnosed as an infected bronchogenic cyst complicated with pericarditis and cardiac tamponade. The treatment resulted in alleviation of her symptoms.
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