Relapse of lymphoma in the heart after a 10-year remission.
A 71-year-old woman presented with intractable cardiac failure 10 years after receiving treatment for lymphoma. Extensive investigations failed to demonstrate a recurrence of her disease, but resolution of her cardiac failure following a trial of chemotherapy and subsequently a cross-sectional echocardiogram suggested intracardiac relapse. This was later confirmed at autopsy. Cardiac metastases should be suspected in patients with malignant disease who develop signs or symptoms related to the heart.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000556:secondary*; D013997:Time Factors