title: [Lymphoma in the transplanted heart].
abstract: Lymphoma is a classical complication of cardiac transplantation. The authors report a case in which the disease affected the cardiac graft. There were few symptoms and a good response to treatment was obtained. The patient underwent cardiac transplantation at 48 years of age because of primary dilated cardiomyopathy. Four years later, she presented with general ill health and a left supraclavicular lymphadenopathy which led to the diagnosis of a tumour of the atria extending into the mediastinum. MRI was the investigation which gave the best images of tumour extension. As with most late lymphomas of transplanted patients, the proliferation was a monoclonal B type. A significant reduction of tumour size was observed during the 13 months follow-up with chemotherapy and there were no cardiac functional signs.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie B, hôpital de la Timone, Marseille.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gélisse
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ambrosi
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Stoppa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Habib
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sunda
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kreitmann
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Métras
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Luccioni
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents
vernacular_title: Lymphome du coeur transplanté.