Primary Malignant Cardiac Lymphoma in Right Atrium: A case report / 대한흉부외과학회지
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
;
: 369-372, 2008.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-13778
ABSTRACT
A primary malignant lymphoma that originates in the heart is extremely rare. A 68-year-old male patient was admitted due to aggravated dyspnea. After echocardiography and chest computed tomography evaluation, a huge mass in the right atrium and the right ventricle was detected. We decided to perform emergency surgery due to a high risk of infarction and hemodynamic disturbance. After the near total removal of the huge mass in the right cardiac chamber, the interatrial septum and antero-lateral part of the right atrium were reconstructed by the use of a bovine pericardial patch. The final pathological diagnosis was a primary malignant lymphoma. The patient and his guardians refused chemotherapy (including radiotherapy), and the patient was discharged to his home, where the prognosis was hopeless.
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Main subject:
Prognosis
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Thorax
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Echocardiography
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Dyspnea
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Emergencies
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Heart
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Heart Atria
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Heart Neoplasms
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Heart Ventricles
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Hemodynamics
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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