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Primary Cardiac Non‐Hodgkin's Lymphoma Diagnosed by Transthoracic Echocardiography
Author(s) -
Konety Suma H.,
Wooldridge James E.,
Kerber Richard E.
Publication year - 2006
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/j.1540-8175.2006.00138.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intracardiac injection , lymphoma , cardiac tumors , radiology , chemotherapy , hodgkin lymphoma , cardiology , mediastinal mass
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.

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