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Intrinsic and Extrinsic Cardiac Pseudotumors: Echocardiographic Evaluation and Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
Maybrook Ryan J.,
Afzal Muhammad R.,
Parashar Sonya,
Deibert Brent,
Chivington Mary,
Walker Jacquelyn Y.,
Dawn Buddhadeb,
Parashara Deepak
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.13089
Subject(s) - endocardium , modality (human–computer interaction) , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , cardiac tumors , medicine , cardiac imaging , cardiac magnetic resonance , cardiac magnetic resonance imaging , modalities , cardiology , computer science , social science , human–computer interaction , sociology
Echocardiography is the most common imaging modality for the assessment of cardiovascular tumors, followed by more advanced imaging modalities, such as cardiac computed tomography or cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Non‐neoplastic lesions that may simulate a true neoplasm on imaging are termed “cardiac pseudotumors.” As echocardiography is the initial imaging modality where pseudotumors are identified, it is imperative to have a fundamental understanding of pseudotumors evaluation using echocardiography. There is paucity of the literature describing the different kinds of pseudotumors. This review is an attempt to describe common cardiac pseudotumors and to classify them based on their origin. The tumors arising from cardiac structures, such as epicardium, endocardium, or myocardium, were termed as “intrinsic” while the pseudotumors with no cardiac origin were termed as “extrinsic.” The more common pseudotumors are described in detail with pertinent echocardiographic features and examples.