Primary cardiac Burkitt-like lymphoma of the right atrium

Burkitt Lymphoma Presenting as an Intracardiac Mass: Case Report and Review of Literature

Patient: Male, 27

Final Diagnosis: Burkitt lymphoma with intracardiac mass

Symptoms: Dizziness • fatigue • palpitations • weight loss

Medication: —

Clinical Procedure: Catheter-directed thrombolytic therapy with intracardiac infusion of alteplase

Specialty: Hematology

AIDS-Associated Cardiac Lymphoma-A Review: Apropos a Case Report

Despite treatment with potent and effective combination antiretroviral medications, the incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in the population living with HIV/AIDS remains significantly higher than that in noninfected individuals. The majority of the HIV-infected patients with NHL present with advanced stage extranodal disease of the B-cell phenotype. Lymphomas are the second most common tumors involving the heart in HIV-infected patients. Although the heart may serve as the primary focus of the lymphoma, in most HIV-related cases, cardiac lymphomatous involvement is part of a metastatic process that originated elsewhere.