PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - R J Lionarons AU - J van Baarlen AU - J F Hitchcock TI - Constrictive pericarditis caused by primary liposarcoma. AID - 10.1136/thx.45.7.566 DP - 1990 Jul 01 TA - Thorax PG - 566--567 VI - 45 IP - 7 4099 - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/45/7/566.short 4100 - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/45/7/566.full SO - Thorax1990 Jul 01; 45 AB - A 30 year old man presented with symptoms of constrictive pericarditis. Echocardiography and computed tomography showed a mass extending from the pericardium to surround the heart and penetrating the left ventricular apex. An unresectable pleomorphic liposarcoma arising from the pericardium was found at thoracotomy.