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Bi-Atrial Primary Cardiac Lymphoma: a rare entity

Primary cardiac lymphoma is a rare disease which mainly found in elderly men. It is usually a B-Cell non- Hodgkin’s lymphoma which primarily located in the heart and may involve the pericardium. The common presentations include massive pericardial effusion and heart failure. Clinical diagnosis is o...

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Main Author: Ngow, Harris Abdullah
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010
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RB Pathology
RC Internal medicine
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spelling my.iium.irep.51152012-02-15T02:10:05Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/5115/ Bi-Atrial Primary Cardiac Lymphoma: a rare entity Ngow, Harris Abdullah RB Pathology RC Internal medicine Primary cardiac lymphoma is a rare disease which mainly found in elderly men. It is usually a B-Cell non- Hodgkin’s lymphoma which primarily located in the heart and may involve the pericardium. The common presentations include massive pericardial effusion and heart failure. Clinical diagnosis is often delayed in these patients and prognosis is dismal. We report a case of a 70-year-old man presented with congestive cardiac failure and constitutional symptoms. A computed tomography of the chest showed two large right and left atrial masses. Echocardiographic study demonstrated that the tumor was in both atria with infiltration into the left ventricle. The diagnosis was confirmed by lymph node excision. The patient was started on chemotherapeutic agents but unfortunately succumbed to the disease 18 days later. Although, the prognosis of primary cardiac lymphoma remains poor, early diagnosis may alter the clinical course. Elsevier 2010 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/5115/1/Biatrial_Lymphoma.pdf Ngow, Harris Abdullah (2010) Bi-Atrial Primary Cardiac Lymphoma: a rare entity. International Journal of Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Research, 4 (2). pp. 36-40. ISSN 17351243
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RC Internal medicine
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RC Internal medicine
Ngow, Harris Abdullah
Bi-Atrial Primary Cardiac Lymphoma: a rare entity
description Primary cardiac lymphoma is a rare disease which mainly found in elderly men. It is usually a B-Cell non- Hodgkin’s lymphoma which primarily located in the heart and may involve the pericardium. The common presentations include massive pericardial effusion and heart failure. Clinical diagnosis is often delayed in these patients and prognosis is dismal. We report a case of a 70-year-old man presented with congestive cardiac failure and constitutional symptoms. A computed tomography of the chest showed two large right and left atrial masses. Echocardiographic study demonstrated that the tumor was in both atria with infiltration into the left ventricle. The diagnosis was confirmed by lymph node excision. The patient was started on chemotherapeutic agents but unfortunately succumbed to the disease 18 days later. Although, the prognosis of primary cardiac lymphoma remains poor, early diagnosis may alter the clinical course.
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author Ngow, Harris Abdullah
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title Bi-Atrial Primary Cardiac Lymphoma: a rare entity
title_short Bi-Atrial Primary Cardiac Lymphoma: a rare entity
title_full Bi-Atrial Primary Cardiac Lymphoma: a rare entity
title_fullStr Bi-Atrial Primary Cardiac Lymphoma: a rare entity
title_full_unstemmed Bi-Atrial Primary Cardiac Lymphoma: a rare entity
title_sort bi-atrial primary cardiac lymphoma: a rare entity
publisher Elsevier
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url http://irep.iium.edu.my/5115/1/Biatrial_Lymphoma.pdf
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