Malignant lymphoma presenting as a cardiac tumor.
We report a case of malignant lymphoma whose initial symptoms were heart failure. An echocardiogram showed a large tumor in the right ventricle, and a definitive diagnosis was obtained at autopsy. Of particular interest in our case, the lymphoma was confined to the heart and a mediastinal lymph node, with its greatest bulk being intracardiac. This case is a rare manifestation of malignant lymphoma.
Terasawa
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Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
Sugihara
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Itoh
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Matsubara
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D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged