Saulat Fatimi, Sadaf Sheikh, Zaman Shah, Majid Shafiq.
Intra-cardiac Burkitt`s lymphoma mimicking acute pulmonary embolism
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Aug 2006;16(8):536-7.
The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi
Primary cardiac lymphoma is a rare clinical entity with poor prognosis and delayed diagnosis is often due to variable and non-specific clinical presentation. The case of an elderly male is reported with multiple co-morbidities, who had undergone a spinal laminectomy two weeks prior to presentation, later presented to the emergency room (E.R.) with acute chest pain, dyspnea and hypoxemia. A diagnosis of intracardiac thrombus was made, based on the clinical picture and echocardiography findings but per-operatively, he was found to have an extensive, non-resectable cardiac tumor.
Category: Case Reports
Keywords: Cardiac Lymphoma. Burkitt Lymphoma. Thrombectomy. Lymphoma. Cancer.
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