A rare cause of constrictive pericarditis: primary cardiac lymphoma.
We described a patient who presented with symptoms of heart failure and was found to have diastolic heart failure. Several investigations pointed to the diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis which was later confirmed by cardiac catheterisation. The etiology turns out to be primary cardiac lymphoma which is extremely rare in immunocompetent patients. This is followed by a brief review on the clinical presentation, diagnostic approach and management of primary cardiac lymphoma.
Ho
Hee Hwa
HH
Kwok
On Hing
OH
Chui
Wing Hung
WH
Wang
Elaine
E
Chau
Mo Chee
MC
Chow
Wing Hing
WH
D000368:Aged; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000209:etiology*