Cardiac lymphoma presenting as atrial flutter in an AIDS patient.
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.
Pousset
F
F
Department of Cardiology, Broussais Hospital, Paris, France.
Le Heuzey
J Y
JY
Pialoux
G
G
Rinaldi
J P
JP
Hernigou
A
A
Mousseaux
E
E
Toty
L
L
Dupont
B
B
Guize
L
L
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