title: [Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with heart, mediastinum and lung hilar involvement].
abstract: We performed an exploratory thoraco-, pericardio- and cardiotomy in a 70-year-old male patient suffering from a biatrial tumor after a thorough diagnostic procedure had failed to reveal the correct diagnosis. Histologically, the tumor proved to be a centrocytic-centroblastic non-Hodgkin-lymphoma. This case demonstrates the diagnostic difficulties in cardiac involvement of lymphomas and presents the therapeutic options.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Thorax-und Kardiovaskularchirurgie, Herzzentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bad Oeynhausen.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kleikamp
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kipfer
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schnepper
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Körfer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Non-Hodgkin-Lymphom mit Beteiligung des Herzens, des Mediastinums und der Lungenhili.