Primary Pericardial Mesothelioma: Report of a Patient and Literature Review

Malignant pericardial mesothelioma is a very rare tumoraccounting for ۴% of all cardiac and pericardial tumors. We introduce a rare case of primary pericardial mesotheliomasince patients with mesothelioma mostly present with nonspecific symptomsand one-time diagnosis plays a major role in treatment. Our patient is a ۲۹-year-oldCaucasian man with a complaint of worsening dyspnea and weight loss over the prior three weeks. After transthoracic echocardiography and CT scan, the patient underwent open-heart surgery and biopsy was achieved. Finally, the diagnosis of primary pericardial mesothelioma was confirmed.

کلیدواژه ها:

Cardiac neoplasm ، Mesothelioma ، Pericardium ، Tamponade