Copyright © 1994 by the European Society of Cardiology.
© 1994 The European Society of Cardiology
Cardiac lymphoma presenting as atrial flutter in an AIDS patient



*Department of Cardiology, Broussais Hospital Paris, France
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Pasteur Institute Hospital Paris, France
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Centre Chirurgical du Val d'Or Saint-Cloud, France
Received 18 November 1993; revised 3 February 1994; .
Correspondence: Pr J-Y Le Heuzey, Department de Cardiologie, Hopital Broussais, 96 rue Didot, 75014 Paris, France.
Abstract
An increasing number of patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and cardiac lymphoma have been documented. Antemortem diagnosis of cardiac non-Hodgkin lymphoma in AIDS is difficult because of the non-specificity of the clinical findings. Rapid progression of cardiac dysfunction is common after symptoms appear. We report the case of a patient with AIDS and cardiac lymphoma revealed by an atrial flutter.
Key Words: AIDS cardiac lymphoma arrhythmia
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