This report describes a case of primary cardiac angiosarcoma detected by magnetic resonance imaging in an adult patient with progressive exertional dyspnea, recurrent palpitations and anterior chest pain. Previous diagnostic techniques failed to establish the complete diagnosis. Magnetic resonance imaging, using gated spin-echo multislice technique, is a useful modality to evaluate the tumor localization, attachment, extension and involvement of adjacent structures.

Primary angiosarcoma of the heart: Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation / Gaudio, Carlo; Petrozza, Vincenzo; Tanzilli, G.; Carpino, F.; Melis, M.; Campa, P. P.. - In: CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGIN. - ISSN 1120-0421. - 5:3(1993), pp. 101-103.

Primary angiosarcoma of the heart: Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation

GAUDIO, Carlo;PETROZZA, Vincenzo;G. Tanzilli;
1993

Abstract

This report describes a case of primary cardiac angiosarcoma detected by magnetic resonance imaging in an adult patient with progressive exertional dyspnea, recurrent palpitations and anterior chest pain. Previous diagnostic techniques failed to establish the complete diagnosis. Magnetic resonance imaging, using gated spin-echo multislice technique, is a useful modality to evaluate the tumor localization, attachment, extension and involvement of adjacent structures.
1993
angiosarcoma; cardiac tumor; magnetic resonance imaging
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Primary angiosarcoma of the heart: Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation / Gaudio, Carlo; Petrozza, Vincenzo; Tanzilli, G.; Carpino, F.; Melis, M.; Campa, P. P.. - In: CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGIN. - ISSN 1120-0421. - 5:3(1993), pp. 101-103.
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