A Case of Primary Cardiac Lymphoma Mimicking Acute Coronary and Aortic Syndrome

Primary cardiac lymphoma (PCL) is a rare disorder, but the incidence is increasing and its clinical manifestations are various. We report a case of PCL, which mimics an acute coronary and aortic syndrome. A 51 year-old female was presented with chest pain radiating to the back. Her initial electroca...

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Autores principales: Cho, Sung Woo, Kim, Byung Kyu, Hwang, Jin Tae, Kim, Jeong Hoon, Kim, Byung Ok, Goh, Choong Won, Rhee, Kun Joo, Ahn, Hyo Seung, Kim, Hyun Jung, Byun, Young Sup
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Cardiology 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3518713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23236331
http://dx.doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2012.42.11.776
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Sumario:Primary cardiac lymphoma (PCL) is a rare disorder, but the incidence is increasing and its clinical manifestations are various. We report a case of PCL, which mimics an acute coronary and aortic syndrome. A 51 year-old female was presented with chest pain radiating to the back. Her initial electrocardiogram revealed T wave inversion in the leads of V 5-6, II, III and aVF. Additionally, cardiac troponin-T was slightly elevated. Chest radiography showed marked mediastinal widening. Computed tomography scan showed a huge pericardial mass. The histopathologic findings of the mass were compatible with diffuse large B cell lymphoma. She died of refractory ventricular tachycardia, probably, due to an extensive infiltration of PCL to the myocardium.

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