title: Primary cardiac lymphoma diagnosed by multiphase-gated cardiac CT and CT-guided percutaneous trans-sternal biopsy.
abstract: We present a case of a primary cardiac B-cell lymphoma where a multiphase-gated cardiac CT exam helped to successfully guide trans-sternal needle biopsy to establish a tissue diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Section on Cardiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1088, USA.
authors.forename: Ripal N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Tony W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Simmons
authors.forename: J Jeffrey
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.forename: Daniel W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Entrikin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D055424:Cardiac-Gated Imaging Techniques; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D013249:Sternum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed