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11734310

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-5
pubmed:abstractText
Primary cardiac lymphoma (PCL) is a rare and usually fatal neoplasm, which may cause syncope, arrhythmia, heart failure and pericardial effusion as presenting clinical complaints. A case of PCL in a 72-year-old man with moderate aortic stenosis is presented. The patient was investigated because of pericardial effusion and diagnosis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma was obtained by open-chest biopsy of the heart. Fatal ventricular arrhythmia developed the day after the first course of chemotherapy. Clinical presentations and diagnostic approach of this rare tumour are discussed. While chemotherapy is the only effective treatment of PCL, early post-chemotherapy phase should be considered critical in patients with PCL, as suggested by other reported fatal complications in this period.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0145-2126
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
117-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Primary lymphoma of the heart. A case report and review of the literature.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Clinical Immunology and Haematology Division, Ospedale Mauriziano Umberto I di Torino, University of Torino, Largo Turati 62, 10128, Torino, Italy. grolla@mauriziano.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't