title: Extensive surgery for primary malignant lymphoma of the heart.
abstract: The surgical treatment of primary malignant lymphoma of the heart in a 43-year-old man is reported. The tumor was extensively resected together with the right atrial wall and both venae cavae, and the resulting defect was repaired with a bovine pericardial patch. The postoperative course was fairly stable for more than 7 months following surgery, under a regular chemotherapy regimen. The patient died of acute pneumonia on the 234th postoperative day. The autopsy findings confirmed the diagnosis of primary malignant lymphoma of the heart.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kugimiya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Narimatsu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tsuda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D004452:Echocardiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D004317:Doxorubicin; C027260:pirarubicin; D011241:Prednisone