Primary atrial lymphoma in a patient with dyspnea
Iranian Journal of Cancer Prevention. 2009; 2 (1): 59-62
in English
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ABSTRACT
Primary cardiac lymphoma is extremely rare. In this care report, we present the case of a 46-year-old man with primary cardiac lymphoma involving left atrium and interatrial septum, presenting as dyspnea palpitation and irregular heart beat. The diagnosis was obtained by transthoracic echocardiography and surgical biopsy with subxiphoid approach which revealed diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, CD 20+. After 8 courses of chemotherapy, the patient achieved complete remission. After 4 months, however, he developed exertional dyspnea. Right atrial recurrent lymphoma extension was diagnosed. He is currently under external radiotherapy treatment. Patients with primary cardiac lymphoma have a very poor prognosis
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Radiotherapy
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Biopsy
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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
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Echocardiography, Transesophageal
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Dyspnea
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Heart Atria
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Heart Neoplasms
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Lymphoma
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Iran. J. Cancer Prevention
Year:
2009
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