A unique atrial primary cardiac lymphoma mimicking myxoma presenting with embolic stroke: A case report

Blood

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 4708-4710

  Quigley, Michael M ^a   Schwartzman, Eric ^b   Boswell, Pamela D ^b   Christensen, Rebecca L ^b   Gleason, Lisa A ^b   Sharpe, Robert W ^b   D'Amato, Thomas A ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD30 ANTIGEN; FIBRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BLOOD CLOTTING; CANCER CELL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; EMBOLISM; HEART CARCINOMA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MYXOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038454617     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-08-2550     Document Type: Article

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