Primary Cardiac Lymphoma: A Lesson Learned from an Unsuccessful Experience.
Intern Med
; 57(24): 3569-3574, 2018 Dec 15.
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ABSTRACT
A 79-year-old man was admitted because of complete heart block. Echocardiograms showed an abnormal mass adjacent to the sinus of Valsalva. Subsequent surgical resection was not successful. Despite chemotherapy, the patient died from multiple organ failure. It is important to recognize that approximately 80% of cases of cardiac lymphoma are diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, which is the only malignant neoplasm that may respond well to chemotherapy with rituximab. In order to save patients' lives, the early implementation of chemotherapy with rituximab is critical and should be considered as a therapeutic diagnostic option in select patients.
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Linfoma Difuso de Grandes Células B
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Rituximab
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Neoplasias Cardíacas
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
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En
Ano de publicação:
2018
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