title: Ventricular tachycardia associated with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
abstract: Systemic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma can affect the myocardium, particularly in immunocompromised patients. When present, symptoms and signs are usually nonspecific, making the diagnosis of cardiac involvement very difficult before an autopsy. Ventricular arrhythmias are also unusual in this setting. We describe a case of secondary myocardial non-Hodgkin's lymphoma presenting with sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia and thickening of the basal interventricular septum. Complete remission of myocardial lesions was observed after completion of second-line chemotherapy treatment, without further recurrences of arrhythmias in eight months.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chemello
authors.forename: Priscila
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Raupp-da-Rosa
authors.forename: Guilherme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Teló
authors.forename: Nadine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Clausell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000150:complications*; D009206:Myocardium; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology*