title: Rare cause of a common symptom: primary cardiac lymphoma.
abstract: Cardiac tumors may be symptomatic or found incidentally during evaluation for a seemingly unrelated problem or physical finding. Because symptoms may mimic other cardiac conditions, the clinical challenge is to consider the possibility of a cardiac tumor so that the appropriate diagnostic test(s) can be conducted. In this case, we describe an exceedingly rare cardiac tumor.
authors.affiliation: University of South Florida Medical School, Tampa, Fl.
authors.forename: Aiyah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jandali
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68131. Electronic address: amjadkabach@creighton.edu.
authors.forename: Amjad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kabach
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44106. Electronic address: shadihalabi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shadi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al Halabi
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Electronic address: alraies@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: M Chadi
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Alraies
mesh_terms: D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000069283:Rituximab; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014750:Vincristine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; C571759:R-CHOP protocol; D000069283:Rituximab; D014750:Vincristine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011241:Prednisone