Pericardial effusion and heart block caused by lymphoma. A case report.
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.
Rose
A G
AG
Cardiac Clinic, Groote Schuur Hospital.
Grobbelaar
J
J
Commerford
P J
PJ
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*