Malignant lymphoma with cardiac involvement

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  • 心臓浸潤を認めた悪性リンパ腫
  • 症例報告 心臓浸潤を認めた悪性リンパ腫
  • ショウレイ ホウコク シンゾウ シンジュン オ ミトメタ アクセイ リンパシュ

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<p>Malignant lymphoma with cardiac involvement is difficult to diagnose and treatment selection decisions can be challenging, because patients usually present with atypical disease involvement and the incidence is low. Herein, we describe the clinical characteristics and courses of three non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients showing cardiac involvement. All three patients were male, ages 32, 74 and 64 years. All three patients had presented with cardiac involvement mainly in the right heart system. We promptly performed needle biopsies for patients 1 and 3, and open-heart biopsy for patient 2, which showed PMBL for patient 1, DLBCL for patients 2 and 3. Since we were concerned regarding possible transient exacerbation of heart failure or the occurrence of fatal arrhythmia, we chose to start with relatively low dose chemotherapeutic interventions or pre-phase steroid therapy. After one course of chemotherapy or pre-phase steroid therapy, symptoms associated with heart failure almost completely subsided, and we further administered full-dose chemotherapy thereafter, resulting in complete responses in 2 cases. This case series demonstrates that malignant lymphoma with cardiac involvement is a treatable disease, despite widespread involvement. Furthermore, rapid and appropriate diagnostic imaging and biopsy are important when this disease is suspected.</p>

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  • Rinsho Ketsueki

    Rinsho Ketsueki 58 (3), 239-242, 2017

    The Japanese Society of Hematology

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