Primary Cardiac Non‐Hodgkin's Lymphoma Diagnosed by Transthoracic Echocardiography

Primary cardiac lymphomas are extremely rare and can be diagnosed by echocardiography. We present the case of a 79‐year‐old man with an intracardiac mass, shown to be an aggressive large B‐cell lymphoma by mediastinal aspiration, who had rapid regression of the tumor following one cycle of chemother...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2006-02, Vol.23 (2), p.147-148
Hauptverfasser:	Konety, Suma H., Wooldridge, James E., Kerber, Richard E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use cardiac lymphoma cardiac tumor Diagnosis, Differential Heart Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Heart Neoplasms - drug therapy Humans Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - diagnostic imaging Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - drug therapy Male transthoracic echocardiography Ultrasonography
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Zusammenfassung:	Primary cardiac lymphomas are extremely rare and can be diagnosed by echocardiography. We present the case of a 79‐year‐old man with an intracardiac mass, shown to be an aggressive large B‐cell lymphoma by mediastinal aspiration, who had rapid regression of the tumor following one cycle of chemotherapy.
ISSN:	0742-2822 1540-8175
DOI:	10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00138.x