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Multimodality Imaging to Characterize a Metastatic Cardiac Mass
Author(s) -
Yarlagadda Bharath,
Paleti Swathi,
Annamalai Senthil Kumar
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.13167
Subject(s) - ventricle , medicine , positron emission tomography , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , thrombus , lesion , neck mass , cardiac magnetic resonance imaging , metastasis , multimodality , medical imaging , pathology , cancer , linguistics , philosophy
Mini‐Abstract A 66‐year‐old male with a medical history of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck with recurrent metastasis and multiple interventions was found to have a lesion in the heart on positron emission tomography scan. Echocardiography showed a thrombuslike 2 × 2 cm mass attached to the right ventricle side of the septum. Contrast‐enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was obtained to better characterize the mass. It showed a metastatic infiltrative tumor in the septum with a large overlying thrombus protruding into right ventricle. Our case demonstrates the utility of multimodality imaging to characterize an unusual cardiac tumor helping guide management.

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