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Cardiac Malignancy

Malignant cardiac tumor is rare in HIV- and non-HIV-infected patients. Cardiac Kaposi’s sarcoma and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma have been described in HIV-infected patients, but there is no specific surgery for these tumors except pericardial drainage and biopsy for diagnosis or tamponade.

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Source: Barbaro Giuseppe, Boccara Franc (eds.). Cardiovascular Disease in AIDS. 2nd edition. — Springer,2009. — 169 p.. 2009
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