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Surgical Treatment of a Primary Cardiac Lymphoma Presenting With Tamponade Physiology

2006; Wiley; Volume: 21; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1540-8191.2006.00258.x

1540-8191

Igor Gošev, Franjo Širić, Hrvoje Gašparović, Ranko Ugljen, Marin Nola, Ivan Jelić,

Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair

Primary cardiac lymphomas (PCL) are rare cardiac neoplasms that carry an ominous prognosis. They occur more frequently in immunocompromised patients. We report on an immunocompetent 67-year-old who presented with dyspnea and dysphagia. Echocardiographic evidence of impending cardiac tamponade and obstruction of the inferior vena cava (IVC) with the tumor was seen. The deteriorating hemodynamics of our patient prompted an urgent surgical intervention. Pathohistological diagnosis showed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of centroblastic subtype. Chemotherapy remains the standard treatment of PCL, with surgery reserved for relieving life-threatening complications of the neoplasm.