Primary heart angiosarcoma detected by magnetic resonance imaging
| Autor: | M. Mataciunas, Algirdas Tamosiunas, R. Briediene, Zaneta Petrulioniene, Nomeda Valeviciene |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Gadolinium DTPA Male medicine.medical_specialty Pleural effusion Biopsy Hemangiosarcoma Contrast Media Pericardial effusion Diagnosis Differential Heart Neoplasms medicine.artery Ascending aorta medicine Thoracoscopy Humans Pericardium Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Angiosarcoma cardiovascular diseases Pericardial Neoplasm Radiological and Ultrasound Technology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging medicine.anatomical_structure Echocardiography cardiovascular system Radiology Tomography X-Ray Computed business |
| Zdroj: | Acta Radiologica. 47:675-679 |
| ISSN: | 1600-0455 0284-1851 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02841850600707365 |
| Popis: | We present a case of primary heart angiosarcoma in a 38-year-old male. The patient presented with severe dyspnoe and arrhythmia. Echocardiography showed multiple solid masses in the pericardium and pericardial effusion. Chest radiography revealed left-sided pleural effusion and suspicion of a mass projected on the right atrium. Non-enhanced chest computed tomography raised the suspicion of a pericardial neoplasm projected on the right atrium adjacent to ascending aorta with markedly thickened pericardium and multiple round-shaped masses around the heart. Cardiac-gated magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated an inhomogeneous mass in the free wall of the right atrium adjacent to ascending aorta and multiple pericardial masses. Biopsy performed through thoracoscopy confirmed the diagnosis of a primary heart angiosarcoma. |
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