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Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction by Lymphoma: Case Series and Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
Ren Jie,
Rich Michael W.,
Makan Majesh
Publication year - 2011
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.1540-8175.2011.01504.x
Subject(s) - ventricular outflow tract , medicine , lymphoma , cardiology , outflow , radiology , transthoracic echocardiogram , physics , meteorology
External compression of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) by lymphoma is a rare clinical entity. We present a series of three adult patients with varying clinical presentations, in which RVOT compression by lymphoma was diagnosed using echocardiogram. Review of the literature identified a total of 13 prior cases of RVOT obstruction by lymphoma diagnosed with echocardiogram. We have summarized the clinical features and echocardiographic findings of this disorder, and comment on the role of echocardiography in diagnosis and follow‐up. (Echocardiography 2011;28:1164‐1167)