[Cardiac Tamponade as Cardio-Oncologic Emergency Disease].

The causes of cardiac tamponade include neoplastic pericarditis as well as radiation-induced, drug-induced, purulent and iatrogenic pericarditis. Since we can get access to the advanced cancer therapy these days, some of the cardiac tamponade patients can survive longer if we can manage their pericardial effusion well. Here, we will summarize the clinical evidence in cardiac tamponade in patients with malignant tumor, and will discuss about its presentation, diagnosis and management.