Case report: Primary cardiac lymphoma manifesting as superior vena cava syndrome

Joseph Kassab; Georges Gebrael; Michel Chedid El Helou; Joseph El Dahdah; Elio Haroun; Rebecca Kassab; Saad Abou Ali; Ziad Khabbaz; Roland Kassab

doi:10.3389/fcvm.2023.1257734

Case report: Primary cardiac lymphoma manifesting as superior vena cava syndrome

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2023 Sep 22:10:1257734. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1257734. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland, OH, United States.
² Department of Medicine, Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sacre Coeur Hospital, Baabda, Beirut, Lebanon.
⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hotel-Dieu De France, Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

A 64-year-old man presented with symptoms indicative of superior vena cava syndrome. Imaging work-up revealed an obstructing right atrial mass, which was subsequently excised and diagnosed as primary cardiac lymphoma. Post-surgery, the patient showed significant clinical improvement and was started on a chemotherapy regimen with complete remission at 1 year.

Keywords: cardiac lymphoma; diffuse large B cell lymphoma; lymphoma; primary cardiac lymphoma; superior vena cava syndrome.

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Case Reports

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