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Disseminated carcinoma of the breast with malignant pericardial tamponade and complete heart block--a case report

Ismail O 1 , Yusoff K 2 , Azhar T 3 , Phang KS 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Omar Ismail, MD (UKM). Medical Officer, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
  • 2 Khalid Yusoff, MBBS (Melb), MRCP. Lecturer, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
  • 3 Tahir Azhar, FRCP (UK), FFRRCS. Associate Professor and Deputy Dean, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
  • 4 Phang Koon Seng, MBBS (UM), DCP (Lond). Lecturer, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Med J Malaysia, 1991 Mar;46(1):104-9.
PMID: 1660561

Abstract

A 49 year old Malay women presented with pericardial tamponade 18 months following left segmentectomy and local irradiation for carcinoma of the breast. Subsequently she developed complete heart block terminating in cardiac arrest.

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