Cardiac MRI Findings in a Dog with a Diffuse Pericardial Mesothelioma and Pericardial Effusion
| Autor: | Wilfried Mai, Ricardo Guillem Gallach |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Mesothelioma
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Pericardial Mesothelioma Pericardial effusion Pericardial Effusion Diagnosis Differential Heart Neoplasms Dogs Animals Medicine Pericardium Dog Diseases Small Animals Pericardiectomy business.industry medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging medicine.anatomical_structure Right atrial mass Histopathology Radiology Thickening business Mri findings |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association. 49:398-402 |
| ISSN: | 1547-3317 0587-2871 |
| Popis: | Veterinary cardiac MRI (cMRI) is a relatively new technique. A dog with recurrent pericardial effusion and a questionable right atrial mass lesion on echocardiography underwent cMRI. cMRI provided excellent anatomic information about the heart and surrounding structures and helped to rule out the presence of a focal mass. A diffuse thickening and enhancement of the pericardium was detected. Pericardiectomy was performed and histopathology revealed a diffuse pericardial mesothelioma. This case illustrates the potential of cMRI in the management of patients with pericardial effusion when echocardiographic findings are equivocal and illustrates cMRI findings in a case of diffuse pericardial mesothelioma. |
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