Right atrial B-cell lymphoma in a patient with ocular melanoma. J Card Surg 2011 Nov;26(6):625-8
Date
11/30/2011Pubmed ID
22122374DOI
10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01347.xScopus ID
2-s2.0-82455179573 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 3 CitationsAbstract
Primary cardiac lymphoma (PCL) is defined as a non-Hodgkin lymphoma involving only the heart or pericardium. PCL is extremely rare and often misdiagnosed. We report the case of a healthy 53-year-old male who originally presented with blurred vision secondary to a right intraocular mass. Enucleation of the eye confirmed a ciliary body melanoma and, upon further investigation, the patient was discovered to have a mass in the right atrium suspicious for a myxoma. However, resection of the atrial mass revealed a low-grade B-cell PCL. The occurrence of PCL in an immunocompetent patient being investigated for a visceral malignancy makes this a highly unusual presentation of a rare neoplasm.
Author List
Smith M, Golwala H, Magharyous H, Trotter T, Sawh R, Lozano PAuthor
Pedro Lozano MD Associate Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
BiopsyCardiac Surgical Procedures
Ciliary Body
Diagnosis, Differential
Eye Neoplasms
Heart Atria
Heart Neoplasms
Humans
Lymphoma, B-Cell
Male
Melanoma
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
