Left ventricular non-Hodgkin lymphoma visualized on contrast echocardiography.
We present a case of AIDS-related Burkitt's type cardiac lymphoma in a middle-aged woman with Epstein-Barr virus infection and profound immunodeficiency. The original features of our case include left ventricular location, female sex, and the use of contrast echocardiography to help establish the diagnosis.
Mendiolaza
Jesús
J
Department of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue I-538, University Heights, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
Baltasar
Jonnah Fatima T
JF
Anis
Ather
A
Harrison
Jonathan
J
Chen
Fan
F
Klapholz
Marc
M
Saric
Muhamed
M
D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008863:Microspheres; D014463:Ultrasonography
D003287:Contrast Media; D005466:Fluorocarbons; C042852:perflutren