Collection: Case Reports
Case Reports
A Right Atrial Mass with Fever and Cutaneous Nodules
Authors:
- Feng GaoEmail Feng Gao
- Stephanie Koh
- Sara Taveras-Alam
- Umair Khalid
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.
- Year: 2022
- Volume: 18 Issue: 1
- Page/Article: 48-53
- DOI: 10.14797/mdcvj.1126
- Submitted on 26 Apr 2022
- Accepted on 13 Jun 2022
- Published on 11 Jul 2022
- Peer Reviewed