Primary cardiac lymphoma: echocardiographic characterization and successful resection.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We present a case of primary cardiac lymphoma in a patient with dyspnea and hypoxemia. Transesophageal echocardiography reveals a large right atrial mass and an atrial septal aneurysm with right-to-left shunting through a patent foramen ovale. The patient underwent resection and atrial reconstruction. Pathology was a B cell lymphoma with diffuse large cell histology. There was no evidence of extracardiac involvement, and the patient is well 3 months postoperatively with a normal transthoracic echocardiogram.
Medical subject headings
- Heart Neoplasms
- Lymphoma, B-Cell