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Abstract
Massive pericardial effusion associated with mediastinal neoplasm was first diagnosed
by findings at computed tomography (CT) in two patients. In each case the CT findings
prompted urgent pericardiocentesis for relief of pericardial tamponade, One of the
patients was subsequently found to have a widely disseminated renal papillary adenocarcinoma,
and the other had fibrosarcomatous mesothelioma of the pericardium. The role CT in
the diagnosis of pericardial disease is discussed.
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© 1980 University Park Press. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.