Why the study?
Primary cardiac lymphoma is fatal without timely diagnosis and treatment, and its diagnosis is difficult due to nonspecific clinical manifestations.
Population
Three cases of primary cardiac lymphoma in immunocompetent patients (two adults and one child)
Design
Case series
Authors
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May support echocardiography for early PCL detection; leaves open optimal chemotherapy strategies pending larger studies.
Echocardiography is an indispensable tool for the early detection of primary cardiac lymphoma, which can present with tamponade or heart block and is primarily treated with chemotherapy.
Sachdeva et al. (2023) studied this question.
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