This image is from a patient with malignant pericardial effusion.

Note the "water-bottle" appearance of the cardiac silhouette

in the anteroposterior (AP) chest film

Echocardiogram (parasternal, long axis) of a patient with a moderate pericardial effusion.


This image is from a patient with malignant pericardial effusion. The effusion is seen as an echo-free region to the
right of the left ventricle (LV).

This electrocardiogram (ECG) is from a patient with malignant pericardial effusion. The ECG shows diffuse low
voltage, with a suggestion of electrical alternans in the precordial leads.

Subcostal view of an echocardiogram that shows a moderate to large amount of pericardial effusion.

This echocardiogram shows a large amount of pericardial effusion (identified by the white arrows).













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