A Right Atrial Mass with Fever and Cutaneous Nodules
Primary cardiac tumors, although exceedingly rare, should be considered in the differential diagnosis during workup of any cardiac mass. Extranodal cardiac lymphomas have a natural aggressive course due to delayed diagnosis. We present a 71-year-old male with a dual-chamber pacemaker who presented w...
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Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
2022-07-01
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| author | Feng Gao Stephanie Koh Sara Taveras-Alam Umair Khalid |
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| description | Primary cardiac tumors, although exceedingly rare, should be considered in the differential diagnosis during workup of any cardiac mass. Extranodal cardiac lymphomas have a natural aggressive course due to delayed diagnosis. We present a 71-year-old male with a dual-chamber pacemaker who presented with fevers and new cutaneous nodules. He was found to have a right atrial primary anaplastic large-cell lymphoma and had a complete metabolic response after chemotherapy. Our case highlights the importance of a multimodality approach in the diagnosis of cardiac tumors and during follow-up after treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0b268b08ffe040c7bb684253817e44762025-08-20T02:33:23ZengHouston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular CenterMethodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal1947-61082022-07-01181485310.14797/mdcvj.1126476A Right Atrial Mass with Fever and Cutaneous NodulesFeng Gao0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9445-4147Stephanie Koh1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1401-357XSara Taveras-Alam2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4099-3073Umair Khalid3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5898-3706Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TexasBaylor College of Medicine, Houston, TexasBaylor College of Medicine, Houston, TexasMichael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TexasPrimary cardiac tumors, although exceedingly rare, should be considered in the differential diagnosis during workup of any cardiac mass. Extranodal cardiac lymphomas have a natural aggressive course due to delayed diagnosis. We present a 71-year-old male with a dual-chamber pacemaker who presented with fevers and new cutaneous nodules. He was found to have a right atrial primary anaplastic large-cell lymphoma and had a complete metabolic response after chemotherapy. Our case highlights the importance of a multimodality approach in the diagnosis of cardiac tumors and during follow-up after treatment.https://account.journal.houstonmethodist.org/index.php/up-j-mdbcj/article/view/1126extranodal lymphomacardiac magnetic resonance imagingmultimodality imaginganaplastic large cell lymphomaprimary cardiac tumor |
| spellingShingle | Feng Gao Stephanie Koh Sara Taveras-Alam Umair Khalid A Right Atrial Mass with Fever and Cutaneous Nodules Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal extranodal lymphoma cardiac magnetic resonance imaging multimodality imaging anaplastic large cell lymphoma primary cardiac tumor |
| title | A Right Atrial Mass with Fever and Cutaneous Nodules |
| title_full | A Right Atrial Mass with Fever and Cutaneous Nodules |
| title_fullStr | A Right Atrial Mass with Fever and Cutaneous Nodules |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Right Atrial Mass with Fever and Cutaneous Nodules |
| title_short | A Right Atrial Mass with Fever and Cutaneous Nodules |
| title_sort | right atrial mass with fever and cutaneous nodules |
| topic | extranodal lymphoma cardiac magnetic resonance imaging multimodality imaging anaplastic large cell lymphoma primary cardiac tumor |
| url | https://account.journal.houstonmethodist.org/index.php/up-j-mdbcj/article/view/1126 |
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