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A Large Pericardial Effusion Culminating in Left Lung Collapse

Pericardial effusion is characterized by excess fluid accumulation in the pericardium. It can be asymptomatic or silent when the effusion is trivial in size or develops slowly. On the other hand, large rapidly developing effusions may present with hemodynamic instability or tamponade. In rare circum...

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Published in:Cureus
Main Authors: Amin, Hina, Gyawali, Bishal, Chaudhuri, Debanik
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cureus 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6764612/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31576276
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5287
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