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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for the Evaluation of Suspected Cardiac Thrombus: Conventional and Emerging Techniques
Published on: June 11, 2019
Syncope and Cardiac Tamponade: Multimodality Imaging of Primary Cardiac Lymphoma
Virginia Serra1, Francesco De Luca1, Ketty Savino1
1Cardiology and Cardiovascular Physiopathology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
Abstract:
Primary cardiac lymphoma (PCL) is among the rarest heart neoplasms. Its estimated incidence is about 1%-2% among primary cardiac tumor and 0.5% of extranodal lymphoma. It usually causes heart failure, pericardial effusion, tamponade, and arrhythmias. Prognosis is poor; treatment is combined medical and surgical. We described the case of a 62-year-old male with PLC that presented with syncope and cardiac tamponade, submitted to R-CHOP therapy because of failure of surgery. Clinical state is stable 3 months after diagnosis and first chemotherapy cycle.
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