title: [Disseminated B-cell lymphoma with cardial involvement in an HIV positive patient].
abstract: A 44 year-old Somali woman was admitted with chest pain, shortness of breath and weight loss. A transthoracic echocardiography showed extensive intracardiac tumour masses. A transvenous biopsy was performed yielding the diagnosis diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Thoracic and abdominal computed tomography showed dissemination to several organs. The patient was tested HIV positive and initiated on chemotherapy and antiretroviral therapy. After five months no tumour masses could be visualised by a repeated echocardiographic examination. Unfortunately, the patient died a few months later from cerebral metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Hjertemedicinsk Afdeling B, Odense Universitetshospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense C, Denmark. h_ullerup@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Henriette
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ullerup-Aagaard
authors.forename: Katrine Mikala
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Müllertz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D009367:Neoplasm Staging
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents