PRIMARY CARDIAC LYMPHOMA - ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC CHARACTERIZATION AND SUCCESSFUL RESECTION

Authors
SOMMERS KE EDMUNDOWICZ D KATZ WE HATTLER BG
Citation
Ke. Sommers et al., PRIMARY CARDIAC LYMPHOMA - ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC CHARACTERIZATION AND SUCCESSFUL RESECTION, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 61(3), 1996, pp. 1001-1003
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
61
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1001 - 1003
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1996)61:3<1001:PCL-EC>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We present a case of primary cardiac lymphoma in a patient with dyspne a and hypoxemia. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a large rig ht atrial mass and an atrial septal aneurysm with right-to-left shunti ng through a patent foramen ovale. The patient underwent resection and atrial reconstruction. Pathology was a B cell lymphoma with diffuse l arge cell histology. There was no evidence of extracardiac involvement , and the patient is well 3 months postoperatively with a normal trans thoracic echocardiogram.