Primary Cardiac Lymphoma Manifesting as an Atrioventricular Block in a Renal Transplantation Recipient

Gyeong-Won Jang, MD; Hyemoon Chung, MD, PhD; Woo-Shik Kim, MD, PhD; Jung Myung Lee, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Apr 2020)

Primary Cardiac Lymphoma Manifesting as an Atrioventricular Block in a Renal Transplantation Recipient

Gyeong-Won Jang, MD,
Hyemoon Chung, MD, PhD,
Woo-Shik Kim, MD, PhD,
Jung Myung Lee, MD, PhD

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Gyeong-Won Jang, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical College, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Hyemoon Chung, MD, PhD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical College, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Woo-Shik Kim, MD, PhD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical College, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Jung Myung Lee, MD, PhD: Address for correspondence: Dr. Jung Myung Lee, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical College, Kyung Hee University, Hoegi-dong 1, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea.; Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical College, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 4
pp. 600 – 603

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Our report illustrates an atrioventricular block due to primary cardiac lymphoma attached to the right atrial septum that was rapidly reversible by surgical debulking and effective chemotherapy without the need for a permanent pacemaker. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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