Dahiya Saurabh, Ooi Wei B, Mallidi Jaya, Sivalingam Senthil, Steingart Richard
Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA, USA.
Rare Tumors. 2012 Jun 26;4(3):e43. doi: 10.4081/rt.2012.e43. Epub 2012 Sep 4.
Primary testicular lymphoma (PTL) is a rare testicular tumor representing less than 9% of all testicular cancers. PTL usually tends to spread to or relapse at nodal structures or extra-nodal sites such as contralateral testes, central nervous system, skin, lung, pleura, waldeyer's ring and soft tissues. We present a case of PTL with huge left atrial mass, an extremely unusual site of involvement. Early disease usually carries a good prognosis, whereas advanced stage carries an extremely poor prognosis. Herein, we report the complete remission to date in a patient with advanced stage PTL with huge left atrial mass, treated with systemic rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone and intrathecal methotrexate. A brief review of literature focusing on various aspects of management of primary testicular lymphoma and lymphomatous involvement of heart is also discussed.
原发性睾丸淋巴瘤(PTL)是一种罕见的睾丸肿瘤,占所有睾丸癌的比例不到9%。PTL通常倾向于扩散至淋巴结结构或结外部位,如对侧睾丸、中枢神经系统、皮肤、肺、胸膜、咽淋巴环和软组织,或在这些部位复发。我们报告一例原发性睾丸淋巴瘤患者,其左心房有巨大肿块,这是一个极其不寻常的受累部位。早期疾病通常预后良好,而晚期疾病的预后极差。在此,我们报告一名晚期原发性睾丸淋巴瘤伴左心房巨大肿块的患者,经全身使用利妥昔单抗、环磷酰胺、阿霉素、长春新碱、泼尼松及鞘内注射甲氨蝶呤治疗后,至今已完全缓解。本文还简要回顾了聚焦于原发性睾丸淋巴瘤管理及心脏淋巴瘤受累各个方面的文献。