MRI as an adjunct to echocardiography for the diagnostic imaging of cardiac masses.
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.
Casolo
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Division of Radiology, Hospital L. Sacco, Milan, Italy.
Biasi
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S
Balzarini
L
L
Borroni
M
M
Ceglia
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E
Petrillo
R
R
Tesoro Tess
J D
JD
Musumeci
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R
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