Abstract
Primary cardiac lymphoma is a rare clinical entity with poor prognosis and delayed diagnosis is often due to variable and non-specific clinical presentation. The case of an elderly male is reported with multiple co-morbidities, who had undergone a spinal laminectomy two weeks prior to presentation, later presented to the emergency room (E.R.) with acute chest pain, dyspnea and hypoxemia. A diagnosis of intracardiac thrombus was made, based on the clinical picture and echocardiography findings but per-operatively, he was found to have an extensive, non-resectable cardiac tumor.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 536-537 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 8 |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2006 |
Keywords
- Burkitt's lymphoma
- Primary cardiac lymphoma
- Thrombectomy