The disastrous "sun ray" sign in cardiac magnetic resonance: an indicator of angiosarcoma.
Distinguishing the benign and malignant cardiac masses is usually a diagnostic challenge, and safe, non-invasive, and reliable techniques are necessary to avoid any delay in treatment. The previously described "sun ray" appearance is an important sign in the diagnosis of cardiac angiosarcoma, and in this report we present 3-T magnetic resonance imaging findings to distinguish the rare but fatal cardiac angiosarcoma.
1Department of Radiology,Ministry of Health Afyonkarahisar Dinar State Hospital,Afyonkarahisar,Turkey.
Zehra
Z
Akkaya
2Department of Radiology,Ministry of Health Eskisehir State Hospital,Eskisehir,Turkey.
Aysegul
A
Gursoy
3Department of Radiology,School of Medicine,Ankara University,Ankara,Turkey.
Ayse
A
Erden
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology