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Definition / general | Case reports | Gross description | Gross images | Microscopic (histologic) images | Additional referencesCite this page: Pernick N Lymphoma. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/hearttumorlymphoma.html. Accessed April 21st, 2019.
Definition / general
- Rare; associated with HIV or other immunocompromise
- Primary if all of tumor is within pericardium; otherwise secondary
- Primary tumors are rare
- Most common subtype is diffuse large B cell lymphoma (Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 2005;98:875, Leuk Lymphoma 2004;45:781)
- Poor prognosis, since usually advanced disease
- Not associated with EBV (Arch Pathol Lab Med 1996;120:555)
Case reports
- 29 year old man with anaplastic large cell lymphoma presenting with embolic stroke (Blood 2003;101:4708)
- Elderly man with Burkitt lymphoma mimicking acute pulmonary embolism (J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2006;16:536)
- Female patient with primary cardiac lymphoma and complete atrioventricular block (Acta Cardiol 2007;62:55)
- Adult T cell leukemia / lymphoma with massive cardiac involvement (Arch Pathol Lab Med 1991;115:1052)
- Diffuse large B cell lymphoma with hemophagocytic syndrome (Haematologica 2002;87:ECR27)
Gross description
- Firm nodules within any chamber and often in pericardium
Gross images
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma in 24 year old HIV+ drug addict
Lymphoma - unspecified
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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Microscopic (histologic) images
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Burkitt lymphoma
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma
Follicular center cell lymphoma
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Anaplastic large cell lymphoma
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma
bundle of His and
degeneration of
its myofibrils
interventricular
septum (left) and
endocardium (right)
Infiltration of proximal left bundle branch
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