Pericardial Sarcoma: 'Invisible' on Radiology
| Autor: | Xian Li, Yanshu Zhao, Bi-lian Yu, Xiaofan Peng, Dao-quan Peng, Cheng Wei, Shenghua Zhou, Boxuan Hu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent Computed tomography 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Heart Neoplasms 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Carcinoma Pericardium Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Fibrosarcoma medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Sarcoma medicine.disease Hemorrhagic pericardial effusion medicine.anatomical_structure Female Radiology Differential diagnosis Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Rare disease |
| Zdroj: | The Canadian journal of cardiology. 36(4) |
| ISSN: | 1916-7075 |
| Popis: | Primary pericardial tumour is an extremely rare disease and an aggressive carcinoma. Its main presenting symptoms are a large recurrent hemorrhagic pericardial effusion. Imaging is the significant tool in the evaluation of pericardial lesions and of tumours. We report the case of a 17-year-old patient with recurrent hemorrhagic pericardial effusion who was diagnosed with primary pericardial fibrosarcoma. However, multiple radiological examinations, including computed tomography and fludeoxyglucose/positron emission tomography-computed tomography ([18F] FDG/PET-CT) suggested the presence of fluid and no sign of tumour. Actually, when a patient presents with recurrent hemorrhagic pericardial effusions, pericardial tumours must be taken into account as part of the differential diagnosis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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