Unusual extension of an intracardiac primary lymphoma to the right jugular vein

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 652-655

  Zakja, Edlira ^a   Badano, Luigi P ^a   Sbrojavacca, Rodolfo ^a   Malalan, Fabio ^a   Gianfagna, Pasquale ^a   Fioretti, Paolo M ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Echocardiography; Heart; Primary cardiac lymphoma; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUGULAR VEIN; LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 34547650868     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000281707.58928.b6     Document Type: Article

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