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Fluid accumulation within the PERICARDIUM. Serous effusions are associated with pericardial diseases. Hemopericardium is associated with trauma. Lipid-containing effusion (chylopericardium) results from leakage of THORACIC DUCT. Severe cases can lead to CARDIAC TAMPONADE.
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- Effusion, Pericardial
- Effusions, Pericardial
- Pericardial Effusions
- Chylopericardium
- Hemopericardium
- Chylopericardiums
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, cytology, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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66; was in Cat A & C 1966-83
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- National Library of Medicine. Pericardial Effusion. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010490. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010490
- Pericardial Effusion. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pericardial_effusion
- Pericardial Effusion. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1306218