Lymphoma Involving the Heart: A Case Report

Overview

Journal Front Cardiovasc Med

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2020 Apr 8

PMID 32258061

Citations 4

Authors

Randa Tabbah

Elissar Nohra

Rachoin Rachoin

Kabalan Saroufim

Bassam Harb

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Abstract

We describe a rare case of cardiac malignancy that counts for <1% of the primary cardiac tumors with a poor prognosis. It's a rare case of a primary cardiac lymphoma in a 59-year-old patient who presented for recurrent pleuropericarditis with low-grade fever and night sweats. Investigations revealed an infiltrating mass in the right atrioventricular groove involving the right atrium and the right ventricular free wall. Pathology confirmed the diagnosis of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Chemotherapy with R-CHOP regimen was a success, but the patient suffered from recurrence with a complete remission after a second chemotherapy cycle. He was a candidate for bone marrow transplant to reduce other possible relapses. Early diagnosis is better for long-term prognosis and improves quality of life.

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