Lymphomatous involvement of the heart in children: Two cases and a review of the literature

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 852-854

  Das, Prabodh K ^a,b   Grant, Ronald ^a,b   Malkin, David ^a,b   Lee, Kyong Jin ^a,b   Ngan, Bo ^a   MacDonald, Cathy E ^a   Carcao, Manuel ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burkitt lymphoma; Children; Pericardial effusion; Primary cardiac lymphoma

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISONE;

BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LYMPHOMA; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE;

EID: 10944224469     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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