Multimodality Imaging to Characterize a Metastatic Cardiac Mass. Issue 5 (11th January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yarlagadda, Bharath; Paleti, Swathi; Annamalai, Senthil Kumar
• Is Part Of: Echocardiography. Volume 33:Issue 5(2016)
• Page Start: 804
• Page End: 805
• Publication Date: 2016-01-11
• Subjects: cardiac magnetic resonance imaging -- right ventricular thrombus -- echocardiography -- positron emission tomography -- thrombus -- cardiac metastasis; Echocardiography -- Periodicals; Echocardiography -- Periodicals; 616.1207543
• DOI: 10.1111/echo.13167
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0742-2822

Abstract

Mini‐Abstract: A 66‐year‐old male with a medical history of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck with recurrent metastasis and multiple interventions was found to have a lesion in the heart on positron emission tomography scan. Echocardiography showed a thrombuslike 2 × 2 cm mass attached to the right ventricle side of the septum. Contrast‐enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was obtained to better characterize the mass. It showed a metastatic infiltrative tumor in the septum with a large overlying thrombus protruding into right ventricle. Our case demonstrates the utility of multimodality imaging to characterize an unusual cardiac tumor helping guide management.