Extranodal natural killer/T cell lymphoma with cardiac and abdominopelvic nodular deposits: Unique presentation on 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography scan

Cardiac lymphoma as secondary extension of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is described in 30% of autopsies; however, a few cases are diagnosed in vivo. Primary lymphoma of the heart and pericardium is rare, accounting for 1.3% of primary cardiac tumors and only 0.5% of extranodal lymphomas at autopsy....

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Main Authors: Shimpi Madhuri Mahajan, Sudeshna Maitra, Natasha Singh, Melvika Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2017-01-01
Series:Asian Journal of Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/ASJO.ASJO_89_16