Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Multimodality imaging evaluation of a primary cardiac lymphoma |
| Authors: |
Paolo Ciancarella, Armando Fusco, Daniele Citraro, Massimiliano Sperandio, Roberto Floris |
| Source: |
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association, Vol 29, Iss 2, Pp 128-135 (2017) |
| Publisher Information: |
Saudi Heart Association, 2017. |
| Publication Year: |
2017 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system |
| Subject Terms: |
Cardiovascular imaging, CT, MRI, Primary cardiac lymphoma, PETCT, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701 |
| More Details: |
Primary cardiac lymphoma is a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that involves the heart with extension to pericardium and great vessels. Prognosis is poor in the absence of a prompt diagnosis and adequate therapy. Differential diagnosis includes malignant neoplasms such as angiosarcoma or metastatic carcinoma and melanoma. Clinical manifestations may be heterogeneous. Multimodality imaging work-up represents the best method for tumor detection and evaluation of its size and extension: echocardiography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and nuclear imaging are the best imaging tools. Definitive diagnosis is achieved with cytological and histological evaluation. We report the case of a 76-year-old woman admitted to our emergency department with symptoms of congestive heart failure. Multimodality imaging work-up showed a mediastinal bulky tumor involving heart and pericardium. Pathology revealed a large B-cell primary cardiac lymphoma. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1016-7315 |
| Relation: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S101673151630149X; https://doaj.org/toc/1016-7315 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.jsha.2016.09.001 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/c5691b819e6d4b3896b0150853b6c416 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.5691b819e6d4b3896b0150853b6c416 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
