Primary cardiac non-Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography.
Primary cardiac lymphomas are extremely rare and can be diagnosed by echocardiography. We present the case of a 79-year-old man with an intracardiac mass, shown to be an aggressive large B-cell lymphoma by mediastinal aspiration, who had rapid regression of the tumor following one cycle of chemotherapy.
Konety
Suma H
SH
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. suma-konety@uiowa.edu
Wooldridge
James E
JE
Kerber
Richard E
RE
D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography