Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
Primary Cardiac Lymphoma: A Lesson Learned from an Unsuccessful Experience
Izumi ItoYoko NakaokaSho-ichi KubokawaHiroki SuganeTakahiro KusumeHideyuki MatsudaRyu-ichiro ImaiKoji NishidaToru KuboNaohito YamasakiHiroaki KitaokaKazuya KawaiNaohisa HamashigeYoshinori Doi
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2018 Volume 57 Issue 24 Pages 3569-3574

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A 79-year-old man was admitted because of complete heart block. Echocardiograms showed an abnormal mass adjacent to the sinus of Valsalva. Subsequent surgical resection was not successful. Despite chemotherapy, the patient died from multiple organ failure. It is important to recognize that approximately 80% of cases of cardiac lymphoma are diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, which is the only malignant neoplasm that may respond well to chemotherapy with rituximab. In order to save patients' lives, the early implementation of chemotherapy with rituximab is critical and should be considered as a therapeutic diagnostic option in select patients.

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