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Case Report: Cardiac Involvement by Lymphoma: Rare but Heterogeneous Condition With Challenging Behaviors

Authors :
Elisa Lucchini
Marco Merlo
Mario Ballerini
Aldostefano Porcari
Gianfranco Sinagra
Lorenzo Pagnan
Marco Rensi
Andrea Romano
Rossana Bussani
Laura Ballotta
Francesco Zaja
Lucchini, E.
Merlo, M.
Ballerini, M.
Porcari, A.
Sinagra, G.
Pagnan, L.
Rensi, M.
Romano, A.
Bussani, R.
Ballotta, L.
Zaja, F.
Source :
Frontiers in Oncology, Vol 11 (2021), Frontiers in Oncology
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Cardiac lymphomas are rare extranodal lymphomas involving primarily and secondarily the heart and/or pericardium. Here we describe three cases of cardiac involvement from lymphoma with specific peculiarities: two primary cardiac Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphomas and one secondary involvement from Marginal Zone Lymphoma (MZL). The first case highlights the issue of early CNS relapse and the possible role for CNS prophylaxis; the second case demonstrates the difficulties of interpretation and possible mistakes of different radiologic techniques adopted to evaluate cardiac involvement by lymphoma during follow-up; the third is a unique case of MZL with cardiac involvement. Our aim is to share the findings observed in these cases putting them in relation with data from the literature.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Frontiers in Oncology, Vol 11 (2021), Frontiers in Oncology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....c940f96d35ca6f076b05f6f8f31b0ac9