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Right Atrial B‐Cell Lymphoma in a Patient with Ocular Melanoma
Author(s) -
Smith Marcus,
Golwala Harsh,
Magharyous Hany,
Trotter Timothy,
Sawh Ravindranauth,
Lozano Pedro
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01347.x
Subject(s) - medicine , enucleation , lymphoma , pericardium , myxoma , ciliary body , malignancy , cardiac tamponade , mediastinal mass , blurred vision , melanoma , radiology , surgery , pathology , cancer research
Primary cardiac lymphoma (PCL) is defined as a non‐Hodgkin lymphoma involving only the heart or pericardium. PCL is extremely rare and often misdiagnosed. We report the case of a healthy 53‐year‐old male who originally presented with blurred vision secondary to a right intraocular mass. Enucleation of the eye confirmed a ciliary body melanoma and, upon further investigation, the patient was discovered to have a mass in the right atrium suspicious for a myxoma. However, resection of the atrial mass revealed a low‐grade B‐cell PCL. The occurrence of PCL in an immunocompetent patient being investigated for a visceral malignancy makes this a highly unusual presentation of a rare neoplasm. (J Card Surg 2011;26:625‐628)