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Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on January 30, 2003; DOI 10.1182/blood-2002-08-2550. This Article Full Text (PDF) All Versions of this Article: 2002-08-2550v1 101/12/4708    most recent Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Rights and Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Quigley, M. M Articles by d'Amato, T. A Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Quigley, M. M Articles by d'Amato, T. A Social Bookmarking                   What's this? Submitted August 21, 2002 Accepted January 4, 2003 A unique atrial primary cardiac lymphoma mimicking myxoma presenting with embolic stroke: a case report Michael M Quigley*, Eric Schwartzman, Pamela D Boswell, Rebecca L Christensen, Lisa A Gleason, Robert W Sharpe, and Thomas A d'Amato Department of Pathology, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA Department of Cardiology, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA Department of Pathology, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA, USA * Corresponding author; email: mmquigley{at}nmcsd.med.navy.mil. An immunocompetent 29 year-old male presented with an embolic stroke from an unusual primary cardiac lymphoma. The cardiac lesion consisted of a polypoid, left atrial, mural fibrin thrombus with anaplastic tumor cells lining the surface of the clot. Histologic, immunophenotypic, and molecular characterization were consistent with a diagnosis of CD30-positive large B-cell lymphoma with anaplastic cytology. While tumor emboli from invasive primary cardiac lymphomas have been reported, this non-invasive fibrin thrombus-associated lymphoma appears to be unique and previously unreported. CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this? This article has been cited by other articles: J. Patel, L. Melly, and M. N. Sheppard Primary cardiac lymphoma: B- and T-cell cases at a specialist UK centre Ann. Onc., October 21, 2009; (2009) mdp424v1. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] I. N. Bagwan, S. Desai, A. Wotherspoon, and M. N. Sheppard Unusual presentation of primary cardiac lymphoma Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, July 1, 2009; 9(1): 127 - 129. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] D. T. Nguyen, C. R. Meier, and D. Schneider Primary Cardiac Lymphoma Mimicking Left Atrial Myxoma in an Immunocompetent Patient J. Clin. Oncol., January 1, 2008; 26(1): 150 - 152. [Full Text] [PDF] B. O. Maier, W. von Scheidt, J. Sciuk, C. Sumer, E. Leipprand, G. Schlimok, and M. Sandherr Cardiac Involvement in Malignancies: CASE 4. Primary Cardiac Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Diagnosis by Transesophageal Echocardiography-Guided Transvenous Biopsy J. Clin. Oncol., July 1, 2004; 22(13): 2745 - 2747. [Full Text] [PDF]

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