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. 2025 Jun 24;13(7):e70569.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.70569. eCollection 2025 Jul.

Cardiac Involvement in Thoracic Lymphoma

Rossana Izzo  1 , Daniela Campanale  1   2 , Mattia Duchini  1   2 , Angelo Di Simone  1   2 , Andrea Menafoglio  1   2 , Andrea Demarchi  1   2
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Cardiac Involvement in Thoracic Lymphoma

Rossana Izzo et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

This case highlights the role of cardiac imaging in detecting the evolution of cardiac involvement during thoracic lymphoma and the importance of optimal chemotherapy, which leads to a rapid improvement of the cardiac dysfunction, without the need for cardiac pharmacotherapy.

Keywords: cardiac dysfunction; cardiac mass infiltration; echocardiogram; secondary cardiac lymphoma.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Electrocardiogram showing inverted T waves in precordial leads from V2 to V6 and in DI, DII, aVL e aVF¨.
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Transthoracic echocardiogramm, apical four‐chamber view showing infiltration of the anterolateral left ventricular wall.
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
A PET‐CT showing abnormally increased fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake at mediastinal level with extension of FDG uptake in the pericardium.
FIGURE 4
FIGURE 4
Electrocardiogram showing a partial normalization of the T waves in precordial leads and in DII and aVF.
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