A Rare Case of Primary Intracardiac Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Multimodality Imaging to the Rescue

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class="kwd-title">Keywords: Cardiac tumor, Multimodality imaging, Lymphoma class="head no_bottom_margin" id="sec1title">IntroductionCardiac tumors may be primary (benign or malignant) or metastatic. Symptoms tend to be nonspecific and develop according to the location and nature of the tumor. Primary cardiac lymphoma is extremely rare and most often occurs in immunocompromised patients. It may present in any of the four cardiac chambers but has a predilection for the right atrium (RA) and the right ventricle (RV). It can grow rapidly, resulting in heart failure, myocardial ischemia, and fatal arrhythmias. Multimodality cardiac imaging is necessary and effective in the diagnostic evaluation of patients with suspected cardiac malignancy. Once the diagnosis is established, treatment for primary lymphoma should begin as soon as possible.