TITLE:
Cardiac Mass and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy as Aggressive Presentation of Primary Cardiac Lymphoma: A Case Report
AUTHORS:
Mehandi Haran, Evbu Enakpene, Ankur Lodha
KEYWORDS:
Primary Cardiac Lymphoma; Asymmetric Left Ventricular Hypertrophy; Chemotherapy
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Cancer Therapy,
Vol.3 No.3,
June
20,
2012
ABSTRACT: Primary cardiac lymphoma is very rare. This disease occurs mainly in immunocompromised patients and rarely in the immunocompetent. With the advent of echocardiogram, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, more cases are being diagnosed ante-mortem although the prognosis still remains poor. These cardiac tumors provide unique diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. We present an interesting case of primary cardiac lymphoma diagnosed antemortem in an 81 year old immunocompetent female presenting as a large mass in the right atrium, right ventricle and encasing the right coronary artery; and asymmetric left ventricular hypertrophy, a variant of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Patient responded very well to chemotherapy with subsequent regression of the cardiac mass and ventricular hypertrophy.