Cardiac Tamponade as the Initial Presentation of Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Case Report with Review of the Literature

Table 1

Characteristics of previously reported cases of AML with cardiac tamponade on presentation.

Patient demographics	Signs of tamponade	Chemotherapeutic regimen	Outcome
32-year-old male [3]	Present	None	Patient died within 24 hours of admission
28-year-old male [4]	Present	Intrapericardial mitoxantrone	Complete remission
73-year-old female [5]	None	None	Patient died prior to pericardiocentesis