Cardiac involvement with lymphoma: a review of the literature.
Current literature suggests that the incidence of cardiac involvement by lymphoma as identified by autopsy varies widely, ranging from 8.7% to 20%. Historically, many cases might have been clinically undetected; however, improved imaging techniques increasingly identify cardiac involvement incidentally. In addition, newer agents resulting in improved cancer therapy outcomes might alter the prevalence and location of metastatic deposits to include more unusual disease sites, including intracardiac locations. We present 2 cases and a review of the literature.
O'Mahony
Deirdre
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Metabolism Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. omahonyd@mail.nih.gov
Peikarz
Richard L
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Bandettini
W Patricia
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Arai
Andrew E
AE
Wilson
Wyndham H
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Bates
Susan E
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