title: [Cardiac localization of non Hodgkin's lymphoma: a study on four cases].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cardiac localization of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is rare and usually seen in the latest phase of the disease. However, its frequency is certainly under-estimated because 20% of patients who die of lymphoma have a heart involvement at autopsy.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report four cases of cardiac involvement of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with various revelation modalities. Features of cardiac lymphoma are multiple and not specific. Echocardiography can be helpful in finding cardiac localizations, which can involve every cardiac structure. Histological proof of such an involvement is sometimes difficult to obtain.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prognosis of cardiac lymphoma remains poor despite the real progress in the treatment of lymphomas.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine A, hôpital militaire d'instruction Mohammed V, Rabat, Maroc. mikdamemed@yahoo.fr <mikdamemed@yahoo.fr>
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mikdame
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ennibi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bahrouch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benyass
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dreyfus
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Toloune
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis