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Follicular lymphoma with cardiac involvement in a 90-year-old patient: A case report.
World Journal of Clinical Cases 2022 October 7
BACKGROUND: The incidence of cardiac lymphoma is low, and it mainly occurs secondary to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, particularly diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Here, we report a case of follicular lymphoma with cardiac involvement and severe heart failure as the sole clinical manifestation.
CASE SUMMARY: A 90-year-old male patient was first admitted to our hospital due to an accidentally discovered painless mass in the right lower abdomen. A biopsy of the mass revealed a follicular lymphoma. Positron emission tomography-computed tomography confirmed mild pericardial effusion, and echocardiography showed no structural abnormalities with normal ejection fraction at the time of diagnosis. The patient refused our recommendation of chemotherapy and was re-admitted 4 mo later due to heart failure. A series of subsequent echocardiographic examinations showed thickening of the left ventricular walls and increasing pericardial effusion over the following 2 mo. His heart failure exacerbated despite all symptomatic and supportive treatments. He passed away after an episode of aspiration pneumonia.
CONCLUSION: The diagnosis of cardiac lymphoma is difficult as its clinical manifestations are nonspecific, and prognosis is poor.
CASE SUMMARY: A 90-year-old male patient was first admitted to our hospital due to an accidentally discovered painless mass in the right lower abdomen. A biopsy of the mass revealed a follicular lymphoma. Positron emission tomography-computed tomography confirmed mild pericardial effusion, and echocardiography showed no structural abnormalities with normal ejection fraction at the time of diagnosis. The patient refused our recommendation of chemotherapy and was re-admitted 4 mo later due to heart failure. A series of subsequent echocardiographic examinations showed thickening of the left ventricular walls and increasing pericardial effusion over the following 2 mo. His heart failure exacerbated despite all symptomatic and supportive treatments. He passed away after an episode of aspiration pneumonia.
CONCLUSION: The diagnosis of cardiac lymphoma is difficult as its clinical manifestations are nonspecific, and prognosis is poor.
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