Etiology of pericardial hemorrhagic effusion
ZHANG Tian-long
ZI Jie
SHEN Fang-fang
ZHANG Lei
SUN Yan-ming
Abstract：Objective To discuss the etiological distribution features of pericardial hemorrhagic effusion. Methods The patients (n=68, male 28, female 40 and aged from 19 to 87) were chosen from Apr. 2013 to Apr. 2014. All patients were divided into elderly group (≥60) and middle-aged and young group (18-59) according to age, and divided also male group (n=28) and female group (n=40) according to sex. The clinical materials were collected from all patients and etiological distribution of pericardial hemorrhagic effusion was analyzed. Results The common causes were malignant tumor (55.9%), tuberculosis (26.4%) and non-specific pericardial effusion (7.4%), and other causes included heart failure, aortic dissection and congenital heart disease. The difference in etiological distribution had no statistical significance between elderly group and middle-aged and young group (all P>0.05). The common causes were tumor and tuberculosis respectively in male group and female group and difference had no statistical significance (all P>0.05). The pathogenic tumors included lung tumor (60.5%), gynecologic tumor (13.2%), gastrointestinal tumor (10.5%), pericardium mesothelioma (5.3%), kidney and adrenal gland tumor (5.3%) and skin tumor and cervical lymphangioma (2.6%). Conclusion Tumors and tuberculosis are major pathogenic causes of pericardial hemorrhagic effusion, and age and sex are not significantly correlated to pericardial hemorrhagic effusion.
Keywords：Pericardial hemorrhagic effusionEtiology
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 111-112 )