Diagnostic features of cardiac hemangioma on cardiovascular magnetic resonance, a case report.
Cardiac hemangiomas are benign cardiac tumors that account for 5-10% of all benign tumors of the heart (Grebenc ML, Rosado de Christenson ML, Burke AP, Green CE, Galvin JR. Radiographics 2000; 20(4): 1073-1103). They occur in any cardiac location, including the pericardium (Brodwater B, Erasmus J, McAdams HP, Dodd L. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1996; 20(6): 954-956). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has an excellent contrast resolution and multiplanar capability to allow optimal evaluation of myocardial infiltration, pericardial involvement and/or extracardiac extension (Brown JI, Barakos JA, Higgins CB. J Thorac Imaging 1989; 4(2): 58-64). This is a case report of cardiac hemangioma involving the ventricular septum with radiological and pathological correlation. It illustrates the capability of the MRI to non-invasively detect histological and flow characteristics of the tumor.
Alsaileek
Ahmed
A
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. alsaileek.ahmed@Mayo.edu
Tepe
Savas M
SM
Alveraz
Lucia
L
Miller
Dylan V
DV
Tajik
Jamil
J
Breen
Jerome
J
D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D005260:Female; D005682:Gadolinium; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000473:pathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014463:Ultrasonography
D003287:Contrast Media; D005682:Gadolinium