title: [Primary cardiac lymphoma: presentation of a case and review of the literature].
abstract: We describe a case of primary cardiac lymphoma presenting with chest pain, complete AV block, negative T waves, and infiltration of the basal segments and right free ventricular wall on echocardiography, interpreted initially as hypertrophy. One month later the patient was readmitted with systemic disease and cardiac insufficiency. Furthermore multicentric myocardial infiltration with a nodular mass in the right atrium producing severe tricuspid stenosis was demonstrated. Surgical biopsy was performed and a high grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosed. The patient died during the immediate post-operative period without receiving specific chemotherapeutic treatment. Reviewing the published cases, we found that primary cardiac lymphomas are fast growing tumors that infiltrate predominantly the right cavities and have limited therapeutic options.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Regional Carlos Haya, Málaga.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vivancos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Mora
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Arizón
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fanego
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Concha
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Malpartida
mesh_terms: D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged