Successful Treatment of Primary Cardiac Lymphoma With Atrioventricular Nodal Block

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Population

1 69-year-old female with primary cardiac lymphoma presenting with third-degree atrioventricular block and…

Design

Case_report

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Discussion

Chemotherapy may be feasible in primary cardiac lymphoma; single-case evidence leaves open need for prospective confirmation before practice change.

Population

1 69-year-old female with primary cardiac lymphoma presenting with third-degree atrioventricular block and syncope.

Intervention

Permanent pacemaker implantation followed by chemotherapy

Outcome

Treatment success

Primary cardiac lymphoma can present as third-degree AV block and may be successfully treated with chemotherapy.

Takenaka et al. (2005) studied this question.

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Chemotherapy may be feasible in primary cardiac lymphoma; single-case evidence leaves open need for prospective confirmation before practice change.