Cardiac Lymphoma Associated with Superior Vena Caval Syndrome and Cardiac Tamponade: Case History

A sixty-three-year-old patient with malignant histiocytic lymphoma of the heart presented with both superior vena cava syndrome and cardiac tamponade. A two-dimensional echocardiogram showed a large tumor mass in the right atrium and pericardial effusion with right ventricular compression. Superior...

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Published in:Angiology 1990-04, Vol.41 (4), p.328-332
Main Authors: Hwang, Ming H., Brown, Alan, Zhen En Piao, Scanlon, Patrick J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac Tamponade - etiology
Heart Neoplasms - complications
Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases
Humans
Leukemias. Malignant lymphomas. Malignant reticulosis. Myelofibrosis
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse - complications
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome - etiology
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Summary:A sixty-three-year-old patient with malignant histiocytic lymphoma of the heart presented with both superior vena cava syndrome and cardiac tamponade. A two-dimensional echocardiogram showed a large tumor mass in the right atrium and pericardial effusion with right ventricular compression. Superior and inferior vena cavagrams disclosed a lobulated tumor located in the right atrium that extended into and obstructed the superior vena cava. After the pericardial effusion was drained and the diagnosis was established, the patient was irradiated and given chemotherapy with resolution of the tamponade and superior vena cava obstruction.
ISSN:0003-3197
1940-1574
DOI:10.1177/000331979004100410