Extranodal natural killer/T cell lymphoma with cardiac and abdominopelvic nodular deposits: Unique presentation on 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography scan
Cardiac lymphoma as secondary extension of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is described in 30% of autopsies; however, a few cases are diagnosed in vivo. Primary lymphoma of the heart and pericardium is rare, accounting for 1.3% of primary cardiac tumors and only 0.5% of extranodal lymphomas at autopsy....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Asian Journal of Oncology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/ASJO.ASJO_89_16 |
| Summary: | Cardiac lymphoma as secondary extension of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is described in 30% of autopsies; however, a few cases are diagnosed in vivo. Primary lymphoma of the heart and pericardium is rare, accounting for 1.3% of primary cardiac tumors and only 0.5% of extranodal lymphomas at autopsy. We present a unique case of 68-year-old man diagnosed with extranodal lymphoma with cardiac and abdominopelvic nodular deposits on 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography scan findings. |
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| ISSN: | 2454-6798 2455-4618 |