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Published in: Pediatric Cardiology 1/2006

01-02-2006

Primary Cardiac T Cell Lymphoma in a Child

Authors: H.K. Park, J.Y. Choi, Y.H. Park

Published in: Pediatric Cardiology | Issue 1/2006

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Primary cardiac lymphoma (PCL) is a rare malignancy, defined as a non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma involving only the heart and/or pericardium or as a lymphoma with the bulk of tumor located on the heart. Most of the cases develop in adults, and the tumors are predominantly of B cell origin [3]. Only a few cases of PCL have been described in children [1, 4, 5], and tumors of T cell origin have been presented in limited cases [2]. …
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Metadata
Title
Primary Cardiac T Cell Lymphoma in a Child
Authors
H.K. Park
J.Y. Choi
Y.H. Park
Publication date
01-02-2006
Publisher
Springer New York
Published in
Pediatric Cardiology / Issue 1/2006
Print ISSN: 0172-0643
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1971
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-005-8022-2

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