title: Successful treatment of primary cardiac lymphoma with monoclonal CD20 antibody (rituximab).
abstract: Primary cardiac malignant lymphoma is extremely rare and almost all patients die within weeks. Monoclonal CD20 antibody (rituximab) was administered to a patient with primary cardiac B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma expressing a CD20 molecule. The results suggest that rituximab may be a safe and effective new therapy for primary cardiac B-cell lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Uichi
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ubukata
authors.forename: Taka-Aki
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Katsuki
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kaminishi
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Mitsugu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hironaka
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Izumi
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012074:Remission Induction / Q000379:methods; D000069283:Rituximab; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D000069283:Rituximab