Urgent excision of primary intracardiac Burkitt Lymphoma in a child
- Amr Ashry,
- Abdulla Tarmahomed,
- Avishek Samaddar,
- Ramesh Kutty,
- Ramana Dhannapuneni,
- Attilio Lotto,
- rafael Guerrero
Abstract
We present the case of a 9-year-old girl who was referred to our service
with a recent history of shortness of breath on exertion and fatigue in
addition to visual disturbances and gastrointestinal symptoms. A
Transthoracic Echocardiography demonstrated the presence of 3 large
intracardiac masses in both the right and left atrium protruding into
the mitral and tricuspid valve orifices causing bilateral inflow
obstruction. The patient underwent urgent surgical excision of the
masses which was uncomplicated. Histological testing was consistent with
a rare intracardiac location of Burkitt's Lymphoma.23 Oct 2022Published in World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery on pages 215013512211272. 10.1177/21501351221127288