Intra cardiac burkitt's lymphoma mimicking acute pulmonary embolism
JCPSP-Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan. 2006; 16 (8): 536-537
in English
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ABSTRACT
Primary cardiac lymphoma is a rare clinical entity with poor prognosis and delayed diagnosis is often due to variable and non-specific clinical presentation. The case of an elderly male is reported with multiple co-morbidities, who had undergone a spinal laminectomy two weeks prior to presentation, later presented to the emergency room [E.R.] with acute chest pain, dyspnea and hypoxemia. A diagnosis of intracardiac thrombus was made, based on the clinical picture and echocardiography findings but per-operatively, he was found to have an extensive, non-resectable cardiac tumor
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Pulmonary Embolism
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Acute Disease
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Heart Neoplasms
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
J. Coll. Physicians Surg. Pak.
Year:
2006
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