Computed tomography of cardiac pseudotumors and neoplasms.
Important features of cardiac masses can be clearly delineated on cardiac computed tomography (CT) imaging. This modality is useful in identifying the presence of a mass, its relationship with cardiac and extracardiac structures, and the features that distinguish one type of mass from another. A multimodality approach to the evaluation of cardiac tumors is advocated, with the use of echocardiography, CT imaging and magnetic resonance imaging as appropriately indicated. In this article, various cardiac masses are described, including pseudotumors and true cardiac neoplasms, and the CT imaging findings that may be useful in distinguishing these rare entities are presented.
Anavekar
Nandan S
NS
Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester MN 55905, USA.
Bonnichsen
Crystal R
CR
Foley
Thomas A
TA
Morris
Michael F
MF
Martinez
Matthew W
MW
Williamson
Eric E
EE
Glockner
James F
JF
Miller
Dylan V
DV
Breen
Jerome F
JF
Araoz
Philip A
PA
D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
D003287:Contrast Media