Primary cardiac lymphoma: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging features

Radiation Medicine - Tập 27 - Trang 243-246 - 2009
Daisuke Utsunomiya1, Kazuo Awai1, Joji Urata2, Touitsu Hirayama3, Yasuyuki Yamashita1
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
2Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
3Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

Tóm tắt

Primary cardiac lymphoma is a rare, extremely aggressive malignancy. Early diagnosis and treatment is important for patient survival. We present a case of a 76-year-old woman admitted for worsening dyspnea caused by a large tumor in the right atrium. Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography clearly depicted the primary cardiac tumor, and histopathological study of the surgical specimen confirmed the diagnosis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

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