1. A case of primary cardiac lymphoma: analysis of the role of echocardiography in early diagnosis
- Author
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Julie Blundell, Mark Belham, R Thaman, Peter Wilde, Giorgio Faganello, and Timothy Eller
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,macromolecular substances ,Diagnosis, Differential ,Heart Neoplasms ,Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,Internal medicine ,Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ,medicine ,Pericardium ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Cyclophosphamide ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin ,technology, industry, and agriculture ,Primary Cardiac Lymphoma ,Antibodies, Monoclonal ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,Middle Aged ,musculoskeletal system ,equipment and supplies ,medicine.disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Lymphoma ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Early Diagnosis ,Doxorubicin ,Echocardiography ,Vincristine ,Monoclonal ,Cardiology ,Prednisone ,Rituximab ,Female ,Radiology ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Rare disease ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Primary Cardiac Lymphoma (PCL) is defined as a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma involving only the heart and/or pericardium. Diagnosis of this rare disease is particularly difficult due to its nonspecific clinical manifestations. In this review the role of echocardiography in the early diagnosis of PCL is assessed, moreover we report an improvement in the outcome of PCL related to increased availability and utilization of echocardiography.
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- 2007