title: Primary cardiac lymphoma (PCL) - diagnostic difficulties.
abstract: Primary cardiac lymphoma (PCL) is the very rare disease that is associated with a high mortality rate. A prompt and proper diagnosis may affect the prognosis, and proper treatment may improve life expectancy. This report documents the case of a 74-year-old female with primary cardiac lymphoma. Unfortunately, the patient died from heart failure on her 23(rd) day in hospital.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, 4 Military Teaching Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Karolina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Skalec
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, 4 Military Teaching Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Litwin
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, 4 Military Teaching Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Drozdz
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, 4 Military Teaching Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Pawel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gac
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, 4 Military Teaching Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Przemyslaw
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jazwiec
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, 4 Military Teaching Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chabowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, 4 Military Teaching Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zymlinski
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, 4 Military Teaching Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Wlodzimierz
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Molenda
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Science, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szuba
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Science, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Janczak
keywords: echocardiography; heart tumour; primary cardiac lymphoma