RETRACTED: An Uncommon Case of Secondary Cardiac Lymphoma Manifested through Pre-Syncope, Syncope Episodes and Atrial Flutter

Georgia Kaiafa^1*, Mattheos Bobos², Christos Savopoulos¹, Theocharis Koutsokostas³, Kostas Kouskouras⁴, Anna Kalogera-Fountzila⁴, Thomas Zaraboukas², Ioannis Kostopoulos², Vassilis Perifanis¹, Stavros Hadjimiltiades³

¹First Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
²Department of Pathology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
³First Department of Cardiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁴Department of Radiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

DOI: 10.4236/jct.2016.713096                

Abstract

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Keywords

Atrial Flutter, Beta-2 Microglobulin, Heart, Kidney, LDH, Lymphoma, Syncope

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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