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. 1978 Jun;40(6):697–699. doi: 10.1136/hrt.40.6.697

Cardiac tamponade caused by metastasising haemangioendothelial sarcoma of the liver.

S Syed, R T Jung
PMCID: PMC483469  PMID: 566108

Abstract

A case of primary haemangiosarcoma of the liver with secondary deposits in the pericardium is described. The patient presented most unusually with cardiac tamponade. There was no association with vinyl chloride, thorium dioxide, or arsenic.

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