[Cardiac arrhythmias and superior vena cava syndrome revealing a Richter's syndrome].

Richter's syndrome is the aggressive transformation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in a diffuse large cell lymphoma. The locations and the clinical manifestations are varied. We report the case of a Richter's syndrome revealed by cardiac arrhythmias and superior vena cava syndrome in a patient of 78 years followed during 2 years for chronic lymphocytic leukemia.