Pericarditis in malignancy history and symptoms

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Varun Kumar, M.B.B.S.; Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, M.B.B.S.

In addition to malignancy specific presentation, patients may present with the following symptoms due to pericardial involvement:

• Fever
• Chest pain that improves on leaning forward and worsens on inspiration
• Breathlessness
• Orthopnoea
• Dizziness
• Palpitation
• Malaise
• Ankle edema
• Weight loss

Many patients may be asymptomatic and pericardial involvement may be detected incidentally on chest x-ray or on autopsy.

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