title: [Pericardial tamponade and third-degree atrioventricular block revealing a primary cardiac lymphoma].
abstract: Secondary and primary cardiac tumors are rare, and primary cardiac lymphoma are exceptional. We report a 78-year-old non immunodeficient male, with pericardial tamponade and third-degree atrioventricular block. Analysis of the pericardial fluid and tissue was not contributive. À transvenous biopsy of the cardiac tumour revealed non-Hodgkin large B-cell lymphoma (CD45+ CD20+ CD3-BCl2+). Therapy is based on chemotherapy. However, prognosis remains poor for this type of tumor commonly revealed by a pericardial effusion.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, centre hospitalier de Cosne-Sur-Loire, 96, rue Maréchal-Leclerc, 58220 Cosne-Sur-Loire, France. houchaymiz@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Houchaymi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Helou
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ballout
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D054537:Atrioventricular Block / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001706:Biopsy; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000150:complications*; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011241:Prednisone; D011379:Prognosis; D014750:Vincristine
chemical_list: D014750:Vincristine; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011241:Prednisone