Why the study?
Primary cardiac lymphoma is a very rare primary heart tumor with a 7-month median survival period, making early diagnosis and treatment critical.
This case report highlights a rare presentation of primary cardiac lymphoma involving both atria that required palliative surgery.
May support palliative surgery in extensive biatrial PCL; leaves open optimal management and survival data.
Primary cardiac lymphoma (PCL) is a very rare kind of primary heart tumor, belonging to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma whose major pathological type is diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. The common symptoms include heart failure, pericardial effusion, and malignant arrhythmias. Early diagnosis and treatment of PCL are of great importance due to its merely 7-month median survival period. Here, we report a 48-year-old male patient in whom both atria were involved and had to undergo palliative surgery because of severe clinical symptoms.
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