Massive Pericardial Effusion as The First Manifestation of Childhood Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: A Case Report

• DOI: 10.22541/au.162445685.55593928/v1
• Publication Date: 2021-06-23T14:01:16Z
• Authors: Behzad Alizadeh; Zahra Shaye; Zahra Badiea; Paria Dehghanian
• Keywords: Medicine (General); pediatrics; R; Case Report; pericardial effusion; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; R5-920; 0302 clinical medicine; case report; Medicine; non‐Hodgkin lymphoma

Although one of the serious manifestations of advanced malignancies is pericardial involvement, pericardial involvement of lymphoma is extremely rare. We present a case of a 6-year-old girl arriving at the hospital with dyspnea and pleuritic chest pain, which is eventually diagnosed with massive pericardial effusion due to mediastinal non-Hodgkin lymphoma.