Abstract

Doc number: 70

Abstract: Primary cardiac lymphoma (PCL) is very rare, and is extremely challenging to diagnose due to nonspecific symptoms. When discovered, the right atrium and ventricle are most commonly affected, while diffuse cardiac involvement is uncommon. PCL is fatal unless promptly diagnosed and treated. Herein, we present the case of a 36-year-old immunocompetent male who presented with a 5-year history of non-specific chest symptoms and was diagnosed with primary diffuse cardiac large B-cell lymphoma involving the entire heart.

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Title
Primary cardiac B-cell lymphoma with atrioventricular block and paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia
Author
Chen, Ke-Wei; Chang, Ju-Hsin; Yeh, Su-Peng; Lu, Chiung-Ray
Pages
70
Publication year
2012
Publication date
2012
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
1749-8090
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1030135987
Copyright
© 2012 Chen et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.