CARDIAC TAMPONADE DUE TO A RARE CAUSE OF PURULENT PERICARDITIS MIMICKING LYMPHOMA

Purulent bacterial pericarditis is a rare infection with high mortality if untreated. A healthy 22 year old male presented with acute onset dyspnea, hemoptysis, fevers, weight loss and chest pain. Chest CT showed a 5 cm right paratracheal soft tissue mass suspicious for lymphoma. Diffuse concave ST