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      Linfoma metastásico cardíaco Translated title: Metastatic Cardiac Lymphoma

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          Los tumores cardíacos secundarios o metastásicos son unas 20-40 veces más comunes que los primitivos benignos y malignos. Las neoplasias que con más frecuencia producen metástasis en el corazón son los carcinomas pulmonares, los de mama, los melanomas malignos y, en una proporción menor, las leucosis y los linfomas. En esta presentación se describe el caso de una paciente femenina, de 36 años, con síntomas cardiovasculares de arritmia y síncope y evidencia ecocardiográfica de tumor cardíaco de crecimiento acelerado. Debido al agravamiento de las manifestaciones clínicas, se inició tratamiento con esteroides sistémicos, con el que experimentó mejoría clínica en las primeras 72 horas. Esto llevó a enfocar el diagnóstico en una causa secundaria de invasión cardíaca. Los hallazgos histopatológicos de una biopsia gástrica evidenciaron la presencia de un linfoma no Hogdkin. Se inició el tratamiento citostático específico; la paciente se encuentra en remisión y con regresión total de sus síntomas cardiovasculares. En nuestra paciente llama la atención la forma de presentación de los síntomas, que estuvieron limitados a la esfera cardiovascular pese a la localización en el sistema digestivo del tumor primario.

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          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.

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          Neoplasms metastatic to the heart: review of 3314 consecutive autopsies.

          Cardiac involvement by metastatic neoplasms is relatively uncommon and usually occurs with widely disseminated disease. Ninety-five cases with cardiac metastases from autopsies performed over a 14-year period (1974-1987) at Loyola University Medical Center are reviewed. During this period, 3314 autopsies were performed with an average annual autopsy rate of 35%. In 806 (24.3%), a malignant disease was found, and in 95 (11.8%), there was cardiac involvement by tumor. The most common malignancies encountered in order of decreasing frequency were lung, lymphoma, breast, leukemia, stomach, melanoma, liver, and colon. Although the percentage of cardiac metastasis compares favorably with previous reports in the literature, an identical rate was present during both halves of the 14-year period studied. Improved diagnostic capabilities and treatment protocols in recent years have apparently not significantly affected the incidence, distribution, or patterns of metastatic spread to the heart.
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            Massive metastatic intracardiac lymphoma presenting with complete heart block with resolution following chemotherapy.

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                Revista argentina de cardiología
                Rev. argent. cardiol.
                Sociedad Argentina de Cardiología (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires )
                1850-3748
                April 2011
                : 79
                : 2
                : 179-181
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Instituto de Cardiología y Cirugía Cardiovascular de La Habana Cuba
                [2 ] Departamento Ecocardiografía y Cardiopatía Isquémica
                [3 ] Departamento Arritmias, Electrofisiología y Estimulación Cardíaca
                [4 ] Departamento Ecocardiografía
                [5 ] Departamento Docente
                [6 ] Departamento Hemodinámica Cardiovascular
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                S1850-37482011000200015
                7e77cf9a-2bc0-49a1-94b8-3b9efd1dd552

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS

                Cardiovascular Medicine
                Cardiac Arrhythmia,Metastasis,Lymphoma,Arritmia cardíaca,Metástasis,Linfoma
                Cardiovascular Medicine
                Cardiac Arrhythmia, Metastasis, Lymphoma, Arritmia cardíaca, Metástasis, Linfoma

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