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Primary Cardiac B-Cell Lymphoma Presented as Heart Tamponade and Atrioventricular Block

Primary Cardiac B-Cell Lymphoma Presented as Heart Tamponade and Atrioventricular Block Case Reports Primary Cardiac B-Cell Lymphoma Presented as Heart Tamponade and Atrioventricular Block A Case Report Yoshiro Chiba, M.D., Kuniyuki Oka, M.D., Hajime Saito, M.D., Reizo Nagayama, M.D., Minoru Murata, M.D., and Naoyoshi Mori, M.D. Background ardiac involvement by disseminated non-Hodgkin’s lympho- Primary cardiac lymphoma is rare, and its diagnosis is not determined C ma has been documented in nearly 20% of autopsy cases. Pri- until autopsy. mary cardiac lymphoma is rare. Recently, the incidence has been in- creasing, mainly in immunocompromised hosts. The majority of Case patients with primary cardiac lymphoma died a few weeks after A 49-year-old man presented with heart tamponade and atrioventricular presentation, and the diagnosis based on cytologic examination or block. Bloody pericardiac effusion showed a monotonous proliferation of biopsy specimen was too late or not determined until autopsy. Early atypical large mononuclear cells, which demonstrated a λ light-chain mon- diagnosis could allow prompt and proper treatment. Our report oclonality by the fluorescence- concerns a 49-year-old man with activated cell-sorter method and clonal primary cardiac lymphoma who rearrangement bands by Southern presented with heart tamponade blot analysis of the IgH gene. Trans- and atrioventricular block (AVB) Liquid cytology of the cardiac effusion venous biopsy http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Cytologica Karger

Primary Cardiac B-Cell Lymphoma Presented as Heart Tamponade and Atrioventricular Block

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Karger
Copyright
© 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel
ISSN
0001-5547
eISSN
1938-2650
DOI
10.1159/000324973
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Abstract

Case Reports Primary Cardiac B-Cell Lymphoma Presented as Heart Tamponade and Atrioventricular Block A Case Report Yoshiro Chiba, M.D., Kuniyuki Oka, M.D., Hajime Saito, M.D., Reizo Nagayama, M.D., Minoru Murata, M.D., and Naoyoshi Mori, M.D. Background ardiac involvement by disseminated non-Hodgkin’s lympho- Primary cardiac lymphoma is rare, and its diagnosis is not determined C ma has been documented in nearly 20% of autopsy cases. Pri- until autopsy. mary cardiac lymphoma is rare. Recently, the incidence has been in- creasing, mainly in immunocompromised hosts. The majority of Case patients with primary cardiac lymphoma died a few weeks after A 49-year-old man presented with heart tamponade and atrioventricular presentation, and the diagnosis based on cytologic examination or block. Bloody pericardiac effusion showed a monotonous proliferation of biopsy specimen was too late or not determined until autopsy. Early atypical large mononuclear cells, which demonstrated a λ light-chain mon- diagnosis could allow prompt and proper treatment. Our report oclonality by the fluorescence- concerns a 49-year-old man with activated cell-sorter method and clonal primary cardiac lymphoma who rearrangement bands by Southern presented with heart tamponade blot analysis of the IgH gene. Trans- and atrioventricular block (AVB) Liquid cytology of the cardiac effusion venous biopsy

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Acta CytologicaKarger

Published: Jan 1, 2011

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