A butterfly-shaped primary cardiac lymphoma that showed bi-atrial involvement

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...

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Published inKorean circulation journal Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 46 - 49
Main Authors Cho, Jung Sun, Her, Sung-Ho, Park, Mahn-Won, Kim, Hyoung Doo, Baek, Ju Yeal, Youn, Ho-Joong, Seung, Ki-Bae, Kim, Jae-Hyung
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Korea (South) The Korean Society of Cardiology 01.01.2012
대한심장학회
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Case Report
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Cardiac tumor
Large B-cell, diffuse
Lymphoma
Heart atria
Pericardium
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:1738-5520
1738-5555
DOI:10.4070/kcj.2012.42.1.46