Cardiac involvement in disseminated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, successful management with chemotherapy dose reduction guided by cardiac imaging: A case report and review of literature
Rabah Al-Mehisen, Department of Cardiology, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh 11481, Saudi Arabia
Maha Al-Mohaissen, Department of Clinical Sciences (Cardiology), Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University Research Chair in Cardiovascular Disease in Women, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11511, Saudi Arabia
Hisham Yousef, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh 11481, Saudi Arabia
Author contributions: Al-Mohaissen M and Al-Mehisen R designed the report; Al-Mehisen R and Yousef H collected the patient’s clinical data; Al-Mehisen R, A-Mohaissen M and Yousef H analyzed the data and wrote the paper.
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Corresponding author: Maha Al-Mohaissen, MBBS, SBIM, ArBIM, MRCP, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences (Cardiology), Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University Research Chair in Cardiovascular Disease in Women, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, PO Box 40847, Riyadh 11511, Saudi Arabia. mahaabdulrahman@hotmail.com
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Received: October 15, 2018
Peer-review started: October 15, 2018
First decision: December 9, 2018
Revised: December 26, 2018
Accepted: January 3, 2019
Article in press: January 4, 2019
Published online: January 26, 2019