Delayed contrast enhancement in a patient with perimyocarditis on contrast-enhanced cardiac MRI: case report.
The findings of contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging of a 19-year-old man with perimyocarditis in the subacute and chronic stage are presented. In perimyocarditis., it is useful to check the presence of delayed contrast enhancement to confirm the presence of the lesion and to evaluate the severity of inflammation in the acute stage as well as to determine the extent of fibrosis in the pericardium and myocardium in the chronic stage.
Teraoka
Kunihiko
K
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. teraoko@tokyo_med.ac.jp
Hirano
Masaharu
M
Yannbe
Minoru
M
Ohtaki
Yuka
Y
Ohkubo
Toyoyuki
T
Abe
Kimihiko
K
Yamashina
Akira
A
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media; D004562:Electrocardiography; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013997:Time Factors
D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA