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3499792

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-11-25
pubmed:abstractText
Thirty patients with a suspected cardiac or pericardial mass underwent MR imaging. Twenty-six also had two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography, and three also had CT; one patient had MR only. Overall, 18 (60%) of the 30 patients were found to have a mass lesion. The lesion was confirmed by biopsy, surgery, or unequivocal demonstration on CT, 2D echocardiography, and/or MR imaging. Fourteen of the lesions were soft-tissue or tumor masses, and four were thrombi. The findings on 2D echocardiography and MR were in agreement in 17 (65%) of 26 patients who had both studies. MR was equivocal or in error in two patients (7%), and 2D echocardiography was nondiagnostic in seven (27%). In all seven patients with equivocal 2D echocardiography, the diagnosis was made by MR. In the four patients who did not have 2D echocardiography, MR showed the mass clearly. MR imaging is useful in the diagnosis of cardiac mass lesions. It can be used effectively in addition to 2D echocardiography to increase the certainty of diagnosis, and it is useful when 2D echocardiography is equivocal or inadequate.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0361-803X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
149
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
895-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-2-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Cardiac tumors and thrombus: evaluation with MR imaging.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine 90024.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study