Cardiac involvement in non-Hodgkin lymphoma, an incidental large atrial mass: a case report

Introduction: Cardiac involvement as an initial presentation of malignant lymphoma has been a rare occurrence

Case Presentation: We have reported a 78 year old man with complaint of abdominal pain and vomiting. In patients preoperative evaluation for surgical management of an intra-abdominal mass, a large intracardiac mass has found incidentally during the echocardiography. Pathologic biopsy of right atrial mass that has removed by open heart surgery shown: non Hodgkin-B cell lymphoma. Bone marrow biopsy was taken and was positive for lymphomatous involvement

Conclusions: The patient has treated by CHOP chemotherapy regiment successfully and after completion of treatment, there was complete response

report of a rare gastric cancer case: leptomeningeal carcinomatosis

Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis [LMC] from gastrointestinal cancer would be rare. A 56-years old man with complaint of dyspepsia and histopathologic examination of the biopsy specimens has shown: adenocarcinoma. At the end of adjuvant chemo radiation therapy, the patient has affected by headache and mild confusion. In cerebrospinal fluid [CSF] cytology, a plenty of malignant cells have seen and unfortunately after a short time for about 4 days after ICU admission, the patient has died. This could be due to heavy burden of disease in central nervous system