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. 2014 May 15;3(2):36-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.lrr.2014.05.001. eCollection 2014.

Cardiac anaplastic large cell lymphoma in an 8-year old boy

Melchior Lauten  1 , Simon Vieth  2 , Christopher Hart  3 , Wilhelm Wössmann  4 , Birte Tröger  1 , Christoph Härtel  1 , Martin Bethge  1 , André Schrauder  2 , Gunnar Cario  2
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Cardiac anaplastic large cell lymphoma in an 8-year old boy

Melchior Lauten et al. Leuk Res Rep. .

Abstract

We report on an 8 year old boy with primary cardiac anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), in whom the diagnosis was challenging and who was treated with modified chemotherapy without radiation therapy according to the ALCL 99 study protocol [1]. Two years and 4 months after completion of therapy the boy is in complete remission with normal cardiac function.

Keywords: ALCL; ALCL99; Cardiac tumour; Childhood; Heart; Lymphoma.

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Fig. 1
Cardiac MRI before and during ALCL treatment, Cardiac tumour shown by MR imaging before treatment (a), after prednisone prephase (b), after the first AM block (c), and two years after completion of therapy (d).
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