Cardiac involvement in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: with and without HIV infection.
AIDS has resulted in a significant increase in the incidence of both primary and secondary cardiac lymphomas. Prognosis of HIV associate cardiac non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is poor with very limited survival. Many cases of cardiac involvement in lymphoma remain undetected secondary to non-specific symptoms. Chemotherapy may produce remission in some cases. We report two cases of cardiac involvement with B-cell lymphoma. The first patient had a history of AIDS while the second had no evidence of HIV infection.
Khan
Nazim Uddin Azam
NU
Division of Cardiology, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC 27858, USA. khann@mail.ecu.edu
Ahmed
Sagir
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Wagner
Peter
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Rumley
Richard Lee
RL
Movahed
Assad
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D018023:HIV Seronegativity; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000473:pathology*; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis