Cardiac angiosarcoma diagnosed and characterized by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Cardiol Rev. 2006 Mar-Apr;14(2):101-3. doi: 10.1097/01.crd.0000174802.61576.5e.

Abstract

Primary cardiac malignancies are rare. New imaging methods like cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) play an important role in the early diagnosis and differentiation of cardiac masses. By presenting the case of a 63-year-old woman with an angiosarcoma of the right atrium and its characteristic findings on cardiac MRI, the role of this new imaging method is emphasized.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology
  • Heart Neoplasms / therapy
  • Hemangiosarcoma / diagnosis*
  • Hemangiosarcoma / pathology
  • Hemangiosarcoma / therapy
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / methods*
  • Middle Aged