TY - JOUR AU - Kandasamy, Srinivasan AU - Tadi, Monica E. Florence AU - Rudrapogu, John Satish AU - Biju, Govind AU - Boddikura, Chaitanya AU - Naralasetty, Anil Kumar PY - 2017/01/10 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Pericardial tamponade masking associated pulmonary thrombo embolism in a case of adeno carcinoma of lung JF - International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences JA - Int J Res Med Sci VL - 3 IS - 8 SE - Case Reports DO - 10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20150339 UR - https://www.msjonline.org/index.php/ijrms/article/view/1668 SP - 2126-2128 AB - <p class="abstract"><span class="abstractChar"><span lang="EN-US">This case report describes a patient admitted with shortness of breath of 15 days duration and found to have cardiac tamponade, which masked concomitant pulmonary embolism that was diagnosed by echocardiographic signs of dilate RA/RV with PAH only after successful pericardiocentesis. Subsequently patient was found to have widely metastatic adenocarcinoma of lungs. This case emphasizes the diagnostic challenge</span></span><span class="abstractChar"><span lang="EN-US">when cardiac tamponade is associated with pulmonary thromboembolism and requires high index of clinical suspicion in patients with underlying malignancy.</span></span></p> ER -