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Primary Cardiac Lymphoma: Helical CT Findings and Radiopathologic Correlation

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Primary tumors of the heart are extremely rare. Clinical manifestations are nondiagnostic and the patients are often misdiagnosed. Magnetic resonance imaging and echocardiography are standard in this diagnostic workup. We report a case of a man with acromegaly, dysphagia, chest pain and weight loss. An invasive cardiac mass was diagnosed by helical-CT. Autopsy demonstrated a B-cell aggressive lymphoma.

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We thank Fernando Marco for his clinical and technical support.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain

    Enrique Marco de Lucas, Miguel Ángel Pagola, Pedro Lastra, M. Luisa Ruiz Delgado, Pablo Sádaba & Antonio Ortiz

  2. Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain

    Fidel Fernández & Jesús Pinto

  3. Department of Intensive Care Medicine,, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain

    Ma Angeles Ballesteros

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Marco de Lucas, E., Pagola, M., Fernández, F. et al. Primary Cardiac Lymphoma: Helical CT Findings and Radiopathologic Correlation . CVIR 27, 190–191 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-003-2680-3

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