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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2021

Case Report: Cardiac Involvement by Lymphoma: Rare but Heterogeneous Condition With Challenging Behaviors.

Elisa Lucchini, Marco Merlo, Mario Ballerini, Aldostefano Porcari, Gianfranco Sinagra, Lorenzo Pagnan, Marco Rensi, Andrea Romano, Rossana Bussani, Laura Ballotta and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Elisa LucchiniS.C. Ematologia, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, Trieste, Italy.
Marco MerloS.C. Cardiologia, Dipartimento Cardiotoracovascolare, Centro per la Diagnosi e Cura delle Cardiomiopatie, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, Trieste, Italy.
Mario BalleriniS.C. Ematologia, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, Trieste, Italy.
Aldostefano PorcariS.C. Cardiologia, Dipartimento Cardiotoracovascolare, Centro per la Diagnosi e Cura delle Cardiomiopatie, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, Trieste, Italy.
Gianfranco SinagraS.C. Cardiologia, Dipartimento Cardiotoracovascolare, Centro per la Diagnosi e Cura delle Cardiomiopatie, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, Trieste, Italy.
Lorenzo PagnanS.C. Radiologia diagnostica ed Interventistica, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, Trieste, Italy.
Marco RensiS.C. Medicina Nucleare, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale, Udine, Italy.
Andrea RomanoS.C. (UCO) Anatomia ed Istologia Patologica, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, Trieste, Italy.
Rossana BussaniDipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche e della Salute (DSM), Università degli Studi, Trieste, Italy.
Laura BallottaS.C. Ematologia, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, Trieste, Italy.
Francesco ZajaS.C. Ematologia, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, Trieste, Italy.
Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Trieste · ITUniversity of Trieste · ITAzienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Ferrara · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac lymphomas are rare extranodal lymphomas involving primarily and secondarily the heart and/or pericardium. Here we describe three cases of cardiac involvement from lymphoma with specific peculiarities: two primary cardiac Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphomas and one secondary involvement from Marginal Zone Lymphoma (MZL). The first case highlights the issue of early CNS relapse and the possible role for CNS prophylaxis; the second case demonstrates the difficulties of interpretation and possible mistakes of different radiologic techniques adopted to evaluate cardiac involvement by lymphoma during follow-up; the third is a unique case of MZL with cardiac involvement. Our aim is to share the findings observed in these cases putting them in relation with data from the literature.

Indexed as

central nervous system relapse/progressiondiffuse large B cell lymphomaheart involvementlymphomamarginal zone lymphomaMRIPET/CT (18)F-FDGprimary cardiac lymphoma

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PMID33987101
PMCPMC8112198
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