Primary cardiac neoplasms are uncommon and often present with nonspecific cardiac symptoms. Proper treatment can only be initiated after histological analysis of a surgical specimen. Two cases of primary cardiac lymphoma with various clinical presentations and different growth patterns are presented here.
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