Cardiac tamponade due to perforation of a Roseomonas mucosa pyogenic hepatic abscess as initial presentation of hepatoid carcinoma. Issue 3 (18th March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Spindel, Jeffrey; Grigorov, Mladen; Baker, Molly; Marsano, Luis
• Is Part Of: BMJ case reports. Volume 15:Issue 3(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-03-18
• Subjects: pericardial disease -- infection (gastroenterology) -- hepatitis and other GI infections -- oesophageal cancer -- pathology; Medicine -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2022-248947
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-790X

Abstract

Abstract : Hepatic abscesses can rarely cause pericardial disease by erosion into the pericardial space and present with haemodynamic instability due cardiac tamponade. While rare, these dramatic presentations are more often due to amoebic abscesses than bacterial abscesses. Importantly, a cause must be found for any cryptogenic hepatic abscess regardless of presentation, as there is a high association with underlying malignancy. We report a previously healthy man in his 30s who presented with cardiac tamponade from perforation of a Roseomonas mucosa pyogenic hepatic abscess into the pericardium in the absence of bacteremia and biliary disease. One year later, he was found to have diffusely metastatic hepatoid carcinoma.