Cardiac Lymphoma Revealed by Atrial Mass

left atrial and left atrial appendage mass diagnosed by cardiac imaging: a case report

introduction left atrial thrombi are present in one third of patients with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis and atrial fibrillation. a left atrial mass can be diagnosed as a thrombus by transthoracic echocardiography in the presence of the predisposing factors for a thrombus such as mitral stenosis and atrial fibrillation. the sensitivity of transthoracic echocardiography for detecting left atr...

bi-atrial primary cardiac lymphoma: a rare entity

primary cardiac lymphoma is a rare disease which mainly found in elderly men. it is usually a b-cell non-hodgkin’s lymphoma which primarily located in the heart and may involve the pericardium. the common presentations include massive pericardial effusion and heart failure. clinical diagnosis is often delayed in these patients and prognosis is dismal. we report a case of a 70-year-old man prese...

Primary cardiac lymphoma presenting with atrial fibrillation.

Severe right atrial compression by a rapidly growing cardiac mass.

A 42-year-old man without a past cardiovascular history arrived in the emergency department reporting progressive chest pain, abdominal discomfort, dyspnea at rest, and orthopnea of 4 days duration. An abdominal ultrasound revealed significant pericardial and bilateral pleural effu-sion, with hepatomegaly and ascites of a probable congestive nature. A transthoracic echocardiogram showed severe ...

Cardiac Involvement in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, an Incidental Large Atrial Mass: A Case Report

INTRODUCTION Cardiac involvement as an initial presentation of malignant lymphoma has been a rare occurrence. CASE PRESENTATION We have reported a 78 year old man with complaint of abdominal pain and vomiting. In patients preoperative evaluation for surgical management of an intra-abdominal mass, a large intracardiac mass has found incidentally during the echocardiography. Pathologic biopsy o...