NON-HODGKIN-LYMPHOMA OF THE HEART, THE ME DIASTINUM, AND BOTH HILI OFTHE LUNGS

Authors
KLEIKAMP G KIPFER B SCHNEPPER U KORFER R
Citation
G. Kleikamp et al., NON-HODGKIN-LYMPHOMA OF THE HEART, THE ME DIASTINUM, AND BOTH HILI OFTHE LUNGS, Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie, 84(6), 1995, pp. 485-489
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
03005860
Volume
84
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
485 - 489
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-5860(1995)84:6<485:NOTHTM>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We performed an exploratory thoraco-, pericardio- and cardiotomy in a 70-year-old male patient suffering from a biatrial tumor after a thoro ugh diagnostic procedure had failed to reveal the correct diagnosis. H istologically, the tumor proved to be a centrocytic-centroblastic Non- Hodgkin-lymphoma. This case demonstrates the diagnostic difficulties i n cardiac involvement of lymphomas and presents the therapeutic option s.