title: Cardiac lymphoma presenting as atrial flutter in an AIDS patient.
abstract: An increasing number of patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and cardiac lymphoma have been documented. Antemortem diagnosis of cardiac non-Hodgkin lymphoma in AIDS is difficult because of the non-specificity of the clinical findings. Rapid progression of cardiac dysfunction is common after symptoms appear. We report the case of a patient with AIDS and cardiac lymphoma revealed by an atrial flutter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Broussais Hospital, Paris, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pousset
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Le Heuzey
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pialoux
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Rinaldi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hernigou
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mousseaux
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Toty
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dupont
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guize
mesh_terms: D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000209:etiology*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed