title: [Primary cardiac lymphoma. Report of a case].
abstract: Malignant non-Hodgkins lymphomas have a secondary cardiac localisation in 20% of cases. However, a cardiac primary site is rare (44 cases described up to now). A positive diagnosis is rarely made before death. There is great interest in echocardiography, a non-invasive method, to identify these tumours early. The prognosis remains nevertheless gloomy. We report the case of a child aged 8 years, admitted with a scenario of low output right cardiac insufficiency. Chest radiography identified cardiomegaly with a prominent right border, and the electrocardiograph showed right auricular hypertrophy. A tumour mass infiltrating the right atrium, the right ventricle and the lateral face of the left ventricle was discovered on trans-thoracic echocardiography. Investigation for tumour spread was negative. The patient died before operation in a state of extreme low output. The histology favoured a highly malignant non-Hodgkins lymphoma type B.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiolgie, CHU Hassan II, Fès, Maroc.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ztot
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cherradi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Haddour
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Belhaj
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kettani
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Benmimoun
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arharbi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male