title: [Computerized tomography in the diagnosis of heart neoplasms].
abstract: Computed tomography (CT) was used to study 56 and 4 patients with primary and secondary cardiac blastomas, respectively. CT allows differentiation between a racemose and dense endocardial tumor, localization of myxoma pedicle, recording its prolapse into the adjacent chamber, identification of extra-, intracardiac and intramyocardial tumor growth as well as changes in adjacent vessels. CT image of cardiac myxoma is similar to a filling defect of diminished density, that of extra-endocardial tumors display polymorphism. Blastomatous invasion of the heart is characterized by blurring of cardiovascular elements boundaries, pericardial thickening and fluid accumulation. CT is advocated as a new, noninvasive and highly efficient diagnostic modality in cardiac tumors.
authors.forename: I Kh
authors.initials: IKh
authors.lastname: Rabkin
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Ovchinnikov
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Iudin
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Nechaenko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Vozmozhnosti komp'iuternoĭ tomografii v raspoznavanii novoobrazovaniĭ serdtsa.