Primary Cardiac Burkitt Lymphoma Presenting with Abdominal Pain
We describe the case of a 44-year-old woman with primary Burkitt lymphoma of the heart who presented with abdominal bloating and epigastric discomfort secondary to tamponade physiology caused by a large pericardial effusion. The pericardial fluid contained a large number of highly atypical lymphocyt...
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| author | Dimitrios Tzachanis Rajan Dewar Katarina Luptakova James D. Chang Robin M. Joyce |
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| description | We describe the case of a 44-year-old woman with primary Burkitt lymphoma of the heart who presented with abdominal bloating and epigastric discomfort secondary to tamponade physiology caused by a large pericardial effusion. The pericardial fluid contained a large number of highly atypical lymphocytes with moderate basophilic cytoplasm, rare punched-out vacuoles, a vesicular nuclear chromatin, large nucleolus, and marginated chromatin that by FISH were positive for the 8;14 translocation. She had no other sites of disease. She was treated with four alternating cycles of modified CODOX-M and IVAC in combination with rituximab and remains in remission more than 5 years since diagnosis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9a6faebdc57f4fec8f135039273f11a32025-02-03T06:42:27ZengWileyCase Reports in Hematology2090-65602090-65792014-01-01201410.1155/2014/687598687598Primary Cardiac Burkitt Lymphoma Presenting with Abdominal PainDimitrios Tzachanis0Rajan Dewar1Katarina Luptakova2James D. Chang3Robin M. Joyce4Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, AC1046-A, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USABeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USABeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USABeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USABeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USAWe describe the case of a 44-year-old woman with primary Burkitt lymphoma of the heart who presented with abdominal bloating and epigastric discomfort secondary to tamponade physiology caused by a large pericardial effusion. The pericardial fluid contained a large number of highly atypical lymphocytes with moderate basophilic cytoplasm, rare punched-out vacuoles, a vesicular nuclear chromatin, large nucleolus, and marginated chromatin that by FISH were positive for the 8;14 translocation. She had no other sites of disease. She was treated with four alternating cycles of modified CODOX-M and IVAC in combination with rituximab and remains in remission more than 5 years since diagnosis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/687598 |
| spellingShingle | Dimitrios Tzachanis Rajan Dewar Katarina Luptakova James D. Chang Robin M. Joyce Primary Cardiac Burkitt Lymphoma Presenting with Abdominal Pain Case Reports in Hematology |
| title | Primary Cardiac Burkitt Lymphoma Presenting with Abdominal Pain |
| title_full | Primary Cardiac Burkitt Lymphoma Presenting with Abdominal Pain |
| title_fullStr | Primary Cardiac Burkitt Lymphoma Presenting with Abdominal Pain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Primary Cardiac Burkitt Lymphoma Presenting with Abdominal Pain |
| title_short | Primary Cardiac Burkitt Lymphoma Presenting with Abdominal Pain |
| title_sort | primary cardiac burkitt lymphoma presenting with abdominal pain |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/687598 |
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