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KMID : 0368120120420010046
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Korean Circulation Journal
2012 Volume.42 No. 1 p.46 ~ p.49
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A Butterfly-Shaped Primary Cardiac Lymphoma That Showed Bi-Atrial Involvement
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Cho Jung-Sun
Her Sung-Ho
Park Mahn-Won
Kim Hyoung-Doo
Baek Ju-Yeal
Youn Ho-Joong
Seun Ki-Bae
Kim Jae-Hyung
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Abstract
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We described here a patient who presented with symptoms of heart failure who was found to have severe bilateral impairment of atrioventricular inflow. Primary cardiac lymphoma (PCL) with extensive involvement of the two atria, pericardium and myocardium is an extremely rare tumor in immunocompetent patients. We report here a case of PCL in an immunocompetent patient with involvement of both atria and the atrial septum. The tumor had a butterfly shape. We could not do surgical excision because of the massive pericardiac invasion. The diagnosis was B-cell lymphoma and this was confirmed by the pericardiac biopsy.
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KEYWORD
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Lymphoma, Large B-cell, diffuse, Cardiac tumor, Heart atria, Pericardium
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