Primary cardiac lymphoma presenting as atrial flutter and total heart block

Bulum, Joško and Banfić, Ljiljana and Strozzi, Maja and Aurer, Igor and Jelašić, Dražen (2007) Primary cardiac lymphoma presenting as atrial flutter and total heart block. Heart and Vessels, 22 (1). pp. 52-54. ISSN 0910-8327

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-006-0924-2

Abstract

Primary cardiac lymphoma is extremely rare. We present the case of a 70-year-old man with primary cardiac lymphoma involving interatrial septum, presenting as atrial flutter and total heart block. The diagnosis was obtained by echocardiography-guided transvenous endocardial biopsy which revealed diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, CD 20+. After six courses of immunochemotherapy the patient achieved complete remission. After 2 months he developed a series of epileptic attacks. Intracerebral lymphoma extension was diagnosed. Two cycles of high-dose methotrexate and cranial irradiation were applied, resulting in a second complete remission.

Item Type:

Article

MeSH:

Atrial Flutter - etiology ; Heart Block - etiology ; Heart Neoplasms - diagnosis - therapy - ultrasonography ; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - diagnosis - therapy - ultrasonography ; Aged ; Echocardiography, Transesophageal ; Humans

Departments:

Katedra za internu medicinu

Depositing User:

Lea Škorić

Status:

Published

Creators:

Creators	Email
Bulum, Joško	UNSPECIFIED
Banfić, Ljiljana	UNSPECIFIED
Strozzi, Maja	UNSPECIFIED
Aurer, Igor	UNSPECIFIED
Jelašić, Dražen	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

January 2007

Date Deposited:

12 Feb 2007

Last Modified:

15 Nov 2019 08:23

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URI:

http://medlib.mef.hr/id/eprint/218

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