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Echocardiographic Diagnosis of H odgkin's Lymphoma in a Patient with Suspected Endocarditis
Author(s) -
WdowiakOkrojek Katarzyna,
Szymczyk Ewa,
Szymczyk Konrad,
Kasprzak Jarosław D.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.12011
Subject(s) - medicine , intracardiac injection , radiology , lymphoma , chest pain , endocarditis , pathological , positron emission tomography , surgery
Mini‐Abstract A 30‐year‐old patient was admitted to cardiology because of a worsening exercise tolerance, with night sweats and chest pain. Echocardiography showed pericardial fluid and additional pathological masses invading left atrium, with high probability of intracardiac position. No vegetations were visualized. The patient underwent computed tomography of the chest, which showed the enlargement of mediastinal lymph nodes. Detailed oncological assessment was initiated, leading to definitive diagnosis of Hodgkin's lymphoma. The patient received chemotherapy and peripheral‐blood progenitor cells transplantation. Control positron emission tomography showed a complete regression of neoplasm, and the patient is uneventful over 30‐month follow‐up.