Massive pericardial effusion as the first manifestation of childhood non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: A case report

Behzad Alizadeh; Zahra Shaye; Zahra Badiea; Paria Dehghanian

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5105

Massive pericardial effusion as the first manifestation of childhood non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: A case report

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Nov 25;9(11):e05105. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5105. eCollection 2021 Nov.

Authors

Behzad Alizadeh¹, Zahra Shaye², Zahra Badiea³, Paria Dehghanian⁴

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine Interventional Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology Division Pediatric Department Imam Reza Training Hospital Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad Iran.
² Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad Iran.
³ Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad Iran.
⁴ Pediatric Pathologist Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad Iran.

Abstract

Although one of the serious manifestations of advanced malignancies is pericardial involvement, pericardial involvement of lymphoma is extremely rare. We present a case of a 6-year-old girl arriving at the hospital with dyspnea and pleuritic chest pain, which is eventually diagnosed with massive pericardial effusion due to mediastinal non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Keywords: case report; non‐Hodgkin lymphoma; pediatrics; pericardial effusion.

Publication types

Case Reports