Primary cardiac angiosarcoma arising from the interatrial septum: Magnetic resonance imaging appearances

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 995, 2010, Pages

  Puppala, S ^a,b   Hoey, E T D ^a   Mankad, K ^a   Wood, A M ^b  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HEART SARCOMA; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ATRIAL SEPTUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYXOMA;

EID: 78049325904     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/29501513     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Vogel-Claussen J, Rochitte CE, Wu KC, Kamel IR, Foo TK, Lima JA, Bluemke DA. Delayed enhancement MR imaging: utility in myocardial assessment. Radiographics 2006;26:795-810.
2. Grebenc ML, Rosado de Christenson ML, Burke AP, Green CE, Galvin JR. Primary cardiac and pericardial neoplasms: radiologic - pathologic correlation. Radiographics 2000;20:1073-103.
3. Grebenc ML, Rosado-de-Christenson ML, Green CE, Burke AP, Galvin JR. Cardiac myxoma: imaging features in 83 patients. Radiographics 2002;22:673-89.
4. O'Donnell DH, Abbara S, Chaithiraphan V, Yared K, Killeen RP, Cury RC, Dodd JD. Cardiac tumors: optimal cardiac MR sequences and spectrum of imaging appearances. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2009;193:377-87.
5. Sparrow PJ, Kurian JB, Jones TR, Sivananthan MU. MR imaging of cardiac tumors. Radiographics 2005;25:1255-76.
6. Araoz PA, Mulvagh SL, Tazelaar HD, Julsrud PR, Breen JF. CT and MR imaging of benign primary cardiac neoplasms with echocardiographic correlation. Radiographics 2000;20:1303-19.
7. Ciliberti D, Savini E, Capone PL. Cardiac tamponade due to a right atrial myxoma. Cardiologica 1998;43:1101-3.
8. McCoskey EH, Mehta JB, Krishnan K, Roy TM. Right atrial myxoma with extracardiac manifestations. Chest 2000;118:547-9.
9. Neragi-Miandoab S, Kim J, Vlahakes GJ. Malignant tumours of the heart: a review of tumour type, diagnosis and therapy. Clin Onc 2007;19:748-56.
10. Best AK, Dobson RL, Ahmad AR. Best cases from the AFIP: cardiac angiosarcoma. Radiographics 2003;23:S141-5.
11. Janigan DT, Husain A, Robinson NA. Cardiac angiosarcomas: a review and a case report. Cancer 1986;57:852-9.
12. Economides EG, Singh A. Case of tumor neovascularization demonstrated by cardiac catheterization. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1998;43:451-3. (Pubitemid 28153208)
13. Luna A, Ribes R, Caro P, Vida J, Erasmus JJ. Evaluation of cardiac tumors with magnetic resonance imaging. Eur Radiol 2005;15:1446-55. (Pubitemid 40983530)
14. Burke A, Jeudy J Jr, Virmani R. Cardiac tumours: an update. Heart 2008;94:117-23.
15. Centofanti P, Di Rosa E, Deorsola L, Dato GM, Patanè F, La Torre M, et al. Primary cardiac neoplasms: early and late results of surgical treatment in 91 patients. Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:1236-41.
16. Elbardissi AW, Dearani JA, Daly RC, Mullany CJ, Orszulak TA, Puga FJ, Schaff HV. Survival after resection of primary cardiac tumors: a 48-year experience. Circulation 2008;118:S7-15.
17. Tazelaar HD, Locke TJ, McGregor CG. Pathology of surgically excised primary cardiac tumors. Mayo Clin Proc 1992;67:957-65.
18. Pigott C, Welker M, Khosla P, Higgins RS. Improved outcome with multimodality therapy in primary cardiac angiosarcoma. Nat Clin Pract Oncol 2008;5:112-5.
19. Syed IS, Feng D, Harris SR, Martinez MW, Misselt AJ, Breen JF, et al. MR Imaging of Cardiac Masses. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 2008;16:137-64.
20. Deetjen AG, Conradi G, Möllmann S, Hamm CW, Dill T. Cardiac angiosarcoma diagnosed and characterized by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Cardiol Rev 2006;14:101-3.
21. Hoffmann U, Globits S, Schima W, Loewe C, Puig S, Oberhuber G, Frank H. Usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging of cardiac and paracardiac masses. Am J Cardiol 2003;92:890-5.
22. Rodrigues AG, Tardif JC, Petitclerc R, Mercier LA, Paquet E, Leung TK, Delorme F. Angiosarcomas of the interatrial septum mimicking atrial myxomas. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1996;9:209-12.