Naslov
Primary cardiac lymphoma presenting as atrial flutter and total heart block

Autori
Bulum, Joško ; Banfić, Ljiljana ; Strozzi, Maja ; Aurer, Igor ; Jelasić, D.

Izvornik
Heart and Vessels (0910-8327) 22 (2007), 1; 52-54

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, stručni

Ključne riječi
primary cardiac lymphoma; atrial flutter

Sažetak
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.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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