Unusual presentation of primary cardiac lymphoma

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-129

  Bagwan, Izhar N ^a,c   Desai, Saral ^a   Wotherspoon, Andrew ^b   Sheppard, Mary N ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Primary cardiac lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BIOPROSTHESIS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIMARY CARDIAC LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650103563     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.204628     Document Type: Article

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