[A surgical case of cardiac malignant lymphoma in right atrium].
We reported a case of malignant lymphoma originating from the right atrium. The patient was a 71-year-old man who had no symptoms associated with heart failure and arrhythmias. At the time of admission the patient was suggested the presence of a tumor in the right atrium by an echocardiogram accidentally. Coronary angiography revealed a feeding artery to a tumor. Although cytological confirmation was not obtained, diagnostic extirpation of tumor was performed under cardiopulmonary bypass. The histological diagnosis was malignant lymphoma of B-cell origin. His postoperative course was uneventful and no recurrence had been observed one year postoperatively without chemotherapy.
Iwakura
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Takeda Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
Paku
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Yamazato
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D000368:Aged; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male