A Right Atrial Mass With Fever and Cutaneous Nodules

Authors

Feng Gao
Stephanie Koh
Sara Taveras-Alam
Umair Khalid

Language

English

Publication Date

1-1-2022

Journal

Methodist Debakey Cardiovascular Journal

DOI

10.14797/mdcvj.1126

PMID

35891700

PMCID

PMC9284981

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

July 2022

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-print

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.

Keywords

Aged, Diagnosis, Differential, Fever, Heart Neoplasms, Humans, Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic, Male, Skin Neoplasms

Published Open-Access

yes

Recommended Citation

Gao, Feng; Koh, Stephanie; Taveras-Alam, Sara; et al., "A Right Atrial Mass With Fever and Cutaneous Nodules" (2022). Faculty, Staff and Student Publications. 766.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/uthmed_docs/766