Primary cardiac Burkett's type lymphoma: transthoracic echocardiography, multidetector computed tomography and magnetic resonance findings.
Although primary cardiac lymphoma is an extremely rare disease and is associated with high mortality, it is treatable when diagnosed appropriately. We describe the transthoracic echocardiography, 16-row multidetector computed tomography (16-MDCT) and magnetic resonance findings of primary cardiac lymphoma in an immunocompromised patient and review of the literature.
De Filippo
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Sezione di Scienze Radiologiche, Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche, Parma, Italy. massimo.defilippo@unipr.it
Chernyschova
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N
Maffei
E
E
Rovani
C
C
De Blasi
M
M
Beghi
C
C
Zompatori
M
M
D000368:Aged; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed