Cardiac tamponade mimicking tuberculous pericarditis as the initial presentation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in a 58-year-old woman: a case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is an indolent disease that often presents with complaints of lymphadenopathy or is detected as an incidental laboratory finding. It is rarely considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presen...

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Main Authors: Nathan Sandeep, Sorrentino Matthew, Husain Aliya N, Hemmige Vagish, Boire Adrienne, Lin Elaine, Akhter Shahab A, Dickstein Jerome, Archer Stephen L
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-08-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/4/1/246