A Case of Primary Cardiac Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
10.4070/kcj.2004.34.8.808
- Author:
Ji Young KIM
1
;
Chang Min WOO
;
Jun Yup LEE
;
Jin Bae LEE
;
Jae Kean RYU
;
Ji Yong CHOI
;
Sung Gug CHANG
;
Jin Hyang SHIN
;
Wanv Suk LEE
;
Jung Hyun SEO
;
Young Sup KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Heart neoplasms;
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- MeSH:
Aged;
Biopsy;
Cardiac Tamponade;
Dyspnea;
Echocardiography, Transesophageal;
Edema;
Heart;
Heart Atria;
Heart Neoplasms;
Heart Ventricles;
Humans;
Lymphoma;
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin*;
Pericardial Effusion;
Pericardium;
Thoracotomy
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
2004;34(8):808-812
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Although 25 to 36% of systemic lymphoma patients develop cardiac involvement, a primary lymphoma involving only the heart or pericardium is much less common. We detected an intracavitary mass in the right atrium and right ventricle in a 73-year-old man with dyspnea on exertion and generalized edema using transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography. A thoracotomy was performed due to a possible cardiac tamponade, and a myocardial biopsy showed a malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the diffuse large B cell type. We report a rare case of a primary cardiac lymphoma detected using a transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography in patient presenting with a massive pericardial effusion.
