%0 Journal Article
%T Linfoma metast¨¢sico card¨ªaco
%A Hechavarr¨ªa Pouymir¨®
%A Sheila
%A Marrero Mederos
%A Roberto
%A Valiente Mustelier
%A Juan
%A Cabrera
%A Francisco
%J Revista argentina de cardiolog£¿-a
%D 2011
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X secondary or metastatic cardiac tumors are 20 to 40 times more common than primary benign or malignant neoplasms. lung and breast carcinoma, malignant melanoma, and, to a lesser degree, leukemia and lymphoma, often metastasize to the heart. we describe the case of a 36-year old female patient with arrhythmia and echocardiographic evidence of a rapidly growing heart tumor. treatment with systemic corticosteroids was initiated due to symptoms aggravation and the patient improved within 72 hours. a metastatic tumor was then suspected. a gastric biopsy confirmed the presence of a non-hodgkin lymphoma. specific cytostatic treatment was started; the patient remains in remission with complete regression of cardiovascular symptoms. interestingly, our patient presented only cardiovascular symptoms despite the primary tumor was located in the digestive system.
%K cardiac arrhythmia
%K metastasis
%K lymphoma.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1850-37482011000200015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en