PERICARDIAL TAMPONADE - A MANIFESTATION OF PERICARDIAL SAC SARCOMA - A CASE-REPORT

Cardiac tamponade was manifested in a 30-year-old male with a 6-month history of fever and weight loss prior to admission. Cross-sectional e chocardiography demonstrated huge pericardial effusion with a Large ma ss in the posterior pericardial space. Pericardiocentesis revealed exu dative fluid with no malignant cells. Surgery performed to determine t he nature of the mass disclosed the mass originating from the posterio r pericardium, invading the posterior pleural sac and adjacent structu res. Histopathology identified spindle cell sarcoma. The preoperative diagnosis of the mass and its presenting features and nature are discu ssed.