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abstract: An 85-year-old patient suffered from progressive deterioration (NYHA III) for several months. Cardiac disease was suspected. Echocardiography as well as a CT scan of the heart revealed a heart tumor to be the cause. Tumor staging was negative. After transvenous biopsy, the diagnosis of a Burkitt lymphoma could be established. Due to the advanced age of the patient, the intented surgical therapy was turned down and the patient was treated with 6 courses of a potentially therapeutic chemotherapy (CHOP scheme), which was well tolerated by the patient. The following CT scan showed a complete remission of the tumor. Six months after chemotherapy the patient is in NYHA stage I.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie Universitätsklinik Münster Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 33 48149 Münster, Germany Tel.: +49-251-8347401 Fax: +49-251-8348316 E-Mail: andreas.hoffmeier@thgms.uni-muenster.de, DE.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hoffmeier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Semik
authors.forename: Ch
authors.initials: Ch
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Mesters
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castrucci
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Fallenberg
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Scheld