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A primary benign cardiac tumor misdiagnosed as cardiac metastasis in the right atrium
Author(s) -
Shi YiLu,
Duan ShaSha,
Zhang Lei,
Bai Xia,
Ban Chao,
Wang YaXi,
Zhang XiaoShan
Publication year - 2020
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.14805
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , cardiac imaging , right atrium , positron emission tomography , metastasis , cardiac tumors , medical diagnosis , cardiac magnetic resonance imaging , ultrasonography , cancer
We present a patient with breast cancer with multiple metastases who had an unusual cardiac mass in the right atrium. The cardiac mass was initially diagnosed as malignant metastasis by transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) but subsequently diagnosed as benign by contrast‐enhanced ultrasonography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT). TTE is the preferred imaging method for examination of cardiac masses. However, this case demonstrates that contrast‐enhanced ultrasonography, MRI, and PET/CT are useful to differentiate between diagnoses of benign and malignant tumor. The combination of multiple diagnostic imaging modalities is necessary to confirm the diagnosis of cardiac tumors.