Case Report: Cardiac Involvement by Lymphoma: Rare but Heterogeneous Condition With Challenging Behaviors

Cardiac lymphomas are rare extranodal lymphomas involving primarily and secondarily the heart and/or pericardium. Here we describe three cases of cardiac involvement from lymphoma with specific peculiarities: two primary cardiac Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphomas and one secondary involvement from Margi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Frontiers in oncology 2021-04, Vol.11, p.665736
Hauptverfasser: Lucchini, Elisa, Merlo, Marco, Ballerini, Mario, Porcari, Aldostefano, Sinagra, Gianfranco, Pagnan, Lorenzo, Rensi, Marco, Romano, Andrea, Bussani, Rossana, Ballotta, Laura, Zaja, Francesco
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Zusammenfassung:Cardiac lymphomas are rare extranodal lymphomas involving primarily and secondarily the heart and/or pericardium. Here we describe three cases of cardiac involvement from lymphoma with specific peculiarities: two primary cardiac Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphomas and one secondary involvement from Marginal Zone Lymphoma (MZL). The first case highlights the issue of early CNS relapse and the possible role for CNS prophylaxis; the second case demonstrates the difficulties of interpretation and possible mistakes of different radiologic techniques adopted to evaluate cardiac involvement by lymphoma during follow-up; the third is a unique case of MZL with cardiac involvement. Our aim is to share the findings observed in these cases putting them in relation with data from the literature.
ISSN:2234-943X
2234-943X
DOI:10.3389/fonc.2021.665736