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A Right Atrial Mass with Fever and Cutaneous Nodules Cover

A Right Atrial Mass with Fever and Cutaneous Nodules

Open Access
|Jul 2022

Abstract

Primary cardiac tumors, although exceedingly rare, should be considered in the differential diagnosis during workup of any cardiac mass. Extranodal cardiac lymphomas have a natural aggressive course due to delayed diagnosis. We present a 71-year-old male with a dual-chamber pacemaker who presented with fevers and new cutaneous nodules. He was found to have a right atrial primary anaplastic large-cell lymphoma and had a complete metabolic response after chemotherapy. Our case highlights the importance of a multimodality approach in the diagnosis of cardiac tumors and during follow-up after treatment.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1126 | Journal eISSN: 1947-6108
Language: English
Page range: 48 - 53
Submitted on: Apr 26, 2022
Accepted on: Jun 13, 2022
Published on: Jul 11, 2022
Published by: Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2022 Feng Gao, Stephanie Koh, Sara Taveras-Alam, Umair Khalid, published by Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License.