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Purulent pericarditis in the exterior of the heart in a 56-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma arising in the floor of the mouth. He developed a neoplastic abscess cavity in the left posterior mediastinum, and it opened into the esophagus, bronchus, left pleural cavity, and pericardial sac. Candida albicans was cultured from the purulent material in the pericardial sac.
