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Case Reports
. 1995 Feb;45(2):320-2.
doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(95)80025-5.

Malignant pericardial effusion as initial solitary site of metastasis from transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder

S J Fabozzi  1 , J R Newton Jr, R P Moriarty, P F Schellhammer
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Case Reports

Malignant pericardial effusion as initial solitary site of metastasis from transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder

S J Fabozzi et al. Urology. 1995 Feb.

Abstract

A patient is presented whose first and sole evidence of metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder was pericardial metastasis with life-threatening cardiac tamponade. Definitive diagnosis and management was achieved with fluid cytology and video-assisted thoracic surgical pericardial biopsy and pericardial window.

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