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Pericardial actinomycosis with cardiac tamponade from a contiguous thoracic lesion.
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  1. A D Slutzker,
  2. W D Claypool
  1. Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago 60680.

    Abstract

    A case of acute pericardial tamponade due to actinomycotic infection is reported, in which computed tomography showed a mass adjacent to the heart and a pericardial effusion. The patient had aggressive medical treatment with penicillin and survived.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.44.5.442

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