| Literature DB >> 26664312 |
Claudia Montanaro, Ferdinando Loiacono, Gabriele Fragasso, Francesco De Cobelli, Marco Foppoli, Alberto Margonato.
Abstract
Isolated cardiac lymphomas are very rare, especially in immunocompetent patients. As a consequence, little is known about the best therapeutic management and about patients' outcomes in these cases. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma is the most frequent subtype; anthracycline-based chemotherapy has been the most successful treatment. We describe the case of a primary cardiac lymphoma in an immunocompetent 71-year-old man. As of December 2015, the patient had been in clinical remission for 2 years. The most relevant literature on primary cardiac lymphoma is reported and discussed.Entities:
Keywords: Biopsy, endomyocardial; cyclophosphamide; etoposide; heart neoplasms/therapy; immunocompetence; lymphoma, large B-cell, diffuse/diagnosis/drug therapy; lymphoma, non-Hodgkin/drug therapy; prednisone; rituximab; vincristine
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26664312 PMCID: PMC4665286 DOI: 10.14503/THIJ-14-4269
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Tex Heart Inst J ISSN: 0730-2347