title: MRI as an adjunct to echocardiography for the diagnostic imaging of cardiac masses.
abstract: Nine patients underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as part of the diagnostic evaluation for cardiac masses; eight of them had been preliminarily studied by 2D-echocardiography (US). MRI did not add to the US diagnostic information in patients affected by intracavitary masses. It represented the definitive diagnostic modality in two patients with intramural pathology: one with ventricular rhabdomyoma, the second with an echinococcyal cyst located within the left atrial wall. The complementary role of MRI to US in cardiac masses is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Radiology, Hospital L. Sacco, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Casolo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Biasi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Balzarini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Borroni
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ceglia
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Petrillo
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Tesoro Tess
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Musumeci
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000191:economics; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000592:standards; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors