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Heart lymphoma 6 years after a prosthetic ascending aorta replacement: related or unrelated?

A Hashemi Afrapoli¹, A P Brunet, J M Marnette

¹Department of Cardiac Surgery, Namur General Hospital, Centre Hospitalier Régional de Namur, 185 Avenue Albert 1, 5000 Namur, Belgium.

Minerva Chirurgica

|February 9, 2007

Abstract:

An highly malignant B-cell lymphoma developed acutely 6 years after replacement of the aortic root with a Dacron prosthesis, involving the heart and the adjacent mediastinum. Rapid clinical deterioration and absence of early histological confirmation led to exploratory unsuccessful surgery. This case illustrates the rapid evolution of some of these tumours and raises again the hypothesis of the carcinogenic potential of Dacron material.

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