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An infantile case of pericardial hemangioma with large pericardial effusion and consumption coagulopathy is described. This is the first reported case of pericardial hemangioma cured by radiotherapy.
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Yoshikawa, M., Hayashi, T., Sato, T. et al. A case of pericardial hemangioma with consumption coagulopathy cured by radiotherapy. Pediatr Radiol 17, 149–150 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02388095
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