title: Primary cardiac precursor B lymphoblastic lymphoma in a child: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We describe an extremely rare case of primary cardiac precursor B lymphoblastic lymphoma (B-LBL) in a 10-year-old boy who presented with nonspecific complaints of fatigue and vomiting for 2 weeks and an episode of syncope. Chest X-ray showed cardiomegaly and echocardiography revealed a large right atrial mass, which was successfully resected. Pathology showed precursor B-LBL arising in the heart and there was no evidence of disease at any extracardiac site. A brief review of the literature is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, 14-229 Vanderbilt Clinic, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Deepa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bassi
authors.forename: Benjamin J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Lentzner
authors.forename: Ralph S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Mosca
authors.forename: Bachir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Alobeid
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery