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ABSTRACT: Background
Primary cardiac lymphomas are extremely rare entities (< 2% of cardiac tumours) and the most frequent histologic type is diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Fibrin-associated DLBCL (FA-DLBCL) is a very unusual form of DLBCL associated with chronic inflammation, and only case reports and small series have been described. In the heart, it usually occurs in the context of a cardiac myxoma or cardiac prostheses and it is not bulk forming. These lymphomas frequently present with non-germinal center phenotype and are associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) type III latency.Case presentation
We describe a case of FA-DLBCL arising in a cardiac myxoma, with plasmacytic differentiation and type I EBV latency.Conclusions
Although they are very rare, FA-DLBCLs should be known for their diagnostic difficulty, due to its unspecified clinical manifestations, and for their more favourable prognosis, sometimes even without additional treatment after surgical resection.
SUBMITTER: Moreno EM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7513544 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Moreno Esther Moreno EM Ferrer-Gómez Ana A Arias Héctor Pian HP García Irene García IG García-Cosío Mónica M
Diagnostic pathology 20200924 1
<h4>Background</h4>Primary cardiac lymphomas are extremely rare entities (< 2% of cardiac tumours) and the most frequent histologic type is diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Fibrin-associated DLBCL (FA-DLBCL) is a very unusual form of DLBCL associated with chronic inflammation, and only case reports and small series have been described. In the heart, it usually occurs in the context of a cardiac myxoma or cardiac prostheses and it is not bulk forming. These lymphomas frequently present with ...[more]