[X-ray computed tomographic diagnosis of primary cardiac malignant lymphoma in AIDS]

Primary lymphomas rarely affect the heart. The myocardial disease is usually latent and the diagnosis is based on post mortem observations. The cardiac symptoms do not reveal the disease and symptomatology is not specific. Our observation shows the complementarity of non invasive techniques, for a better screening of cardiac tumoral forms. Although echocardiography is the main examination, CT scan provides a detection of infiltrative forms and of extracardiac extension. Concurrently, MRI remains the method of choice to display beginning infiltrative forms, revealed by pericardial effusion in AIDS disease.