February 1, 1987Journal of Clinical Oncology
Malignant lymphoma: cardiac involvement at initial presentation.
Population
9 patients with malignant lymphoma involving the heart at initial presentation, median age 45 years.
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
median survival 1.5 months
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Cardiac lymphoma at presentation signals dismal prognosis; leaves open whether earlier detection or novel therapies improve outcomes in this rare entity.
Structured PICO
P
Population
9 patients with malignant lymphoma involving the heart at initial presentation, median age 45 years.
I
Intervention
Multiagent chemotherapy
O
Outcome
Survival and echocardiographic findingshard clinical
Malignant lymphoma with cardiac involvement at initial presentation is rare, often detectable by echocardiography, and associated with very poor survival despite chemotherapy.
Cite This Study
Gill et al. (1987) studied this question.