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. 2020 Apr;36(2):419-421.
doi: 10.1007/s12288-019-01221-7. Epub 2019 Oct 28.

Primary Cardiac Lymphoma

Pronamee Borah  1 , Preethi Jeyaraman  1 , Sumeet Sethi  2 , Rahul Naithani  1 , Reena Anand  3
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Primary Cardiac Lymphoma

Pronamee Borah et al. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2020 Apr.
No abstract available

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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
a Cardiac MRI (post contrast images) of patient showing 5.9 × 5.9 cm mass involving the RA/RV prior to treatment (February 2019). b Cardiac MRI (post contrast images) after three cycles of therapy showing a small residual lesion in the RA/RV region (May 2019). c After completion of treatment showing complete resolution of the lesion (August 2019)
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
a, c Fluorodeoxyglucose PET with CT (FDG PET/CT) was done which showed increased FDG avidity in the cardiac mass lesion. b, d PET-CT after three cycles of chemotherapy demonstrated minimal residual non FDG avid lesion in RA/RV region showing complete metabolic response
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
Section of the tumor showing diffuse sheet of large sized lymphoid cells with high N:C ratio, large nuclei and scanty cytoplasm
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