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A Case of Primary Cardiac Lymphoma with Rapid Growth
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（Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto, Japan）
| Hidetake Kawajiri |
Eisei Koh |
Noriyasu Masuda |
| Takuma Yamasaki |
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A 76-year-old woman, suffering from rapidly worsening dyspnea, and general fatigue was referred for evaluation and treatment of cardiac tumor. Echocardiography and computed tomography revealed a large tumor occupying the right atrium and inferior vena cava. We performed partial resection with cardiopulmonary bypass, in order to improve hemodynamics. The pathological examination suggested malignant lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell type. The patient was treated with cyclophosphamide, cyosine, arabinoside, etoposide, dexamethasone and rituximab（CHASER）postoperatively and gained complete response.
Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 42:312-315（2013）
Keywords：cardiac tumor, diffuse large cell lymphoma
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