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A Patient with a Right Atrium Mass and Congenital Heart Disease: A Challenging Diagnosis of a Stubborn Disease
Joint Authors
Wang, Wenyan
Long, Huaicong
Zhao, Zhiying
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-08-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Cardiac lymphoma is extremely rare.
An intracardiac mass has rarely been reported to be the cardiac involvement of extranodal lymphoma.
It is difficult to establish a final diagnosis via routine examinations.
The ability of an echocardiogram to characterize tissue is limited; systemic (18)F-FDG PET/CT scans provide important information for both staging and response assessment in patients with lymphoma.
A 68-year-old Chinese male with a second patent foramen ovale (PFO) and an interventricular septal defect presented at our institute with persistent fever, shortness of breath, repeated paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) attack, and rapidly progressing superior vena cava syndrome.
The patient also presented with a mass located in the upper right atrium and superior vena cava which was detected by echocardiogram.
(18)F-FDG PET/CT scan revealed a pathological increase of (18)F-FDG uptake in the atrial mass and several other extracardiac lymph nodes.
Lymph node biopsy was positive for large B-cell lymphoma.
Immunohistochemistry revealed intense and diffuse expression of CD20, CD10, BCL-6, and Ki-67.
The patient died without any chemotherapy 18 days after hospital discharge.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Wang, Wenyan& Long, Huaicong& Zhao, Zhiying. 2016. A Patient with a Right Atrium Mass and Congenital Heart Disease: A Challenging Diagnosis of a Stubborn Disease. Case Reports in Cardiology،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1100369
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Wang, Wenyan…[et al.]. A Patient with a Right Atrium Mass and Congenital Heart Disease: A Challenging Diagnosis of a Stubborn Disease. Case Reports in Cardiology No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1100369
American Medical Association (AMA)
Wang, Wenyan& Long, Huaicong& Zhao, Zhiying. A Patient with a Right Atrium Mass and Congenital Heart Disease: A Challenging Diagnosis of a Stubborn Disease. Case Reports in Cardiology. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1100369
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1100369