PERICARDIAL METASTASIS IN CARCINOMA OF THE UTERINE CERVIX

Cardiac metastasis from gynecological malignancies is rare. Only six c ases of carcinoma of the uterine cervix have been reported where the d iagnosis of malignant pericardial effusion was made antemortem. The tr eatment of neoplastic pericardial effusion is controversial; both surg ical and nonsurgical treatments are advocated. We present a patient wi th pericardial effusion secondary to carcinoma of the cervix and recom mend subxiphoid pericardial fenestration for reliable long-term contro l of malignant effusion. (C) 1996 Academic Press, Inc.