A case of primary cardiac lymphoma located in the pericardial effusion

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 199-202

  Nakakuki, Tetsuya ^a   Masuoka, Hiroshi ^b   Ishikura, Ken ^a   Seko, Tetsuya ^a   Koyabu, Sukenari ^c   Tamai, Takuya ^c   Sugawa, Masahiro ^c   Ito, Masaaki ^a   Nakano, Takeshi ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Department of Neurology Suzuka Kaisei Hospital   (Japan)

^c Owase General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac lymphoma; Serum deoxythymidine kinase; Serum soluble interleukin 2 receptor

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; GALLIUM; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; PREDNISOLONE; THYMIDINE KINASE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LYMPHOMA; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4344685224     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-003-0748-2     Document Type: Article

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