title: Pericardial effusion and heart block caused by lymphoma. A case report.
abstract: A 28-year-old woman with cardiac failure, heart block, and both pleural and pericardial effusions is described. Despite numerous investigations, the diagnosis of a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was not made until after the patient's death. Cardiac involvement by lymphoma is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Clinic, Groote Schuur Hospital.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grobbelaar
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Commerford
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000209:etiology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology*