A Butterfly-Shaped Primary Cardiac Lymphoma That Showed Bi-Atrial Involvement.
- Author:
Jung Sun CHO
1
;
Sung Ho HER
;
Mahn Won PARK
;
Hyoung Doo KIM
;
Ju Yeal BAEK
;
Ho Joong YOUN
;
Ki Bae SEUNG
;
Jae Hyung KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Lymphoma; Large B-cell, diffuse; Cardiac tumor; Heart atria; Pericardium
- MeSH: Atrial Septum; Biopsy; Butterflies; Heart Atria; Heart Failure; Heart Neoplasms; Humans; Lymphoma; Lymphoma, B-Cell; Myocardium; Pericardium
- From:Korean Circulation Journal 2012;42(1):46-49
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: We described here a patient who presented with symptoms of heart failure who was found to have severe bilateral impairment of atrioventricular inflow. Primary cardiac lymphoma (PCL) with extensive involvement of the two atria, pericardium and myocardium is an extremely rare tumor in immunocompetent patients. We report here a case of PCL in an immunocompetent patient with involvement of both atria and the atrial septum. The tumor had a butterfly shape. We could not do surgical excision because of the massive pericardiac invasion. The diagnosis was B-cell lymphoma and this was confirmed by the pericardiac biopsy.
