title: Multimodality treatment in a case of primary cardiac lymphoma.
abstract: Primary cardiac lymphoma(PCL) is an exceptionally rare entity associated with a poor progonosis. The patient in this report underwent successful surgical resection of a PCL. We now describe her multimodality treatment including autologous stem cell transplantation which resulted in a 22 month survival.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA.
authors.forename: Shelly S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Andrew M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Yeager
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Peel
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Ramesh K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Ramanathan
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous