title: [MRT using Gd-DTPA in the diagnosis of tumor and pseudotumor intracardiac masses].
abstract: Magnetic resonance examinations were performed in 15 patients suffering from echocardiographically detected intracardiac masses. All patients were examined with a 1.5 T superconducting machine, using spin echo technique, including Gd-DTPA, and gradient echo sequences. The MR findings were confirmed partially by histology and angiography, otherwise by good correlation to clinical findings. MR results were divided into three groups: 1. tumour, 2. thrombosis, 3. pseudotumorous mass, and corresponded well with the final diagnosis: in 8 patients tumour, in 5 patients thrombosis, and in two patients pseudotumorous masses, including one hydatid cyst and one case of lipomatosis. Tumours showed in contrast to thrombosis marked enhancement after gadolinium injection, whereas the hydatid cyst and the lipomatosis demonstrated characteristic signal behaviour. Problems existed in differentiation mass vs slow flow, in the detection of very small masses, and in the assessment of wall-fixation and motion of a mass during cardiac cycle. The results demonstrate that MRI with Gd-DTPA can give important additional information in the differential diagnosis of echocardiographically detected intracardiac masses.
authors.affiliation: Zentrales Institut für Radiodiagnostik, Universität Wien.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schratter
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mayr
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tscholakoff
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Glogar
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imhof
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003287:Contrast Media; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005682:Gadolinium; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D005682:Gadolinium; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA
vernacular_title: MRT mit Gd-DTPA in der Diagnostik tumoröser und pseudotumoröser intrakardialer Raumforderungen.