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Primary cardiac lymphoma in both atria: A case report
Author(s) -
Li Yingtao,
Zhou Zhenfeng,
Xin Fangjie,
Zhang Chi,
Zhang Rong,
Sun Dongmei,
Liu Weigang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.22738
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoma , pericardial effusion , pathological , heart failure , cardiology , radiology , surgery
Primary cardiac lymphoma (PCL) is a very rare kind of primary heart tumor, belonging to non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma whose major pathological type is diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma. The common symptoms include heart failure, pericardial effusion, and malignant arrhythmias. Early diagnosis and treatment of PCL are of great importance due to its merely 7‐month median survival period. Here, we report a 48‐year‐old male patient in whom both atria were involved and had to undergo palliative surgery because of severe clinical symptoms.