[Myocardial involvement in Hodgkin's disease. Usefulness of endomyocardial biopsy. Report of a case].
A 24 year old female with a stage III-B Hodgkin disease involving the mediastinum was subjected to chemotherapy and supradiaphragmatic radiotherapy. A year later she developed heart failure. LV dilatation and decreased systolic function with anteroseptal and lateral hypokinesia and a small pericardial effusion were shown by X Ray and echocardiography. An initial clinical diagnosis of radiation heart disease was changed to myocardial involvement by Hodgkin disease after performing and endomyocardial biopsy.
Gutiérrez
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Servicìo de Medicina, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Santiago de Chile.
Dighero
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Alarcón
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D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000473:pathology
Compromiso miocárdico en la enfermedad de Hodgkin. Utilidad de la biopsia endomiocárdica. Caso clínico.