Fetal echocardiography in cardiac tumors
Key points • Fetal cardiac tumors are extremely rare and most are benign. • They tend to appear between 20 and 30 weeks of pregnancy. • The most common types…
Echocardiography in benign cardiac tumors (diagnosis, approach, and follow-up)
Key points • The most common benign cardiac tumors are myxomas. Arising from a stalk attached to the fossa ovalis membrane, myxomas are generally found in the left atrium. •…
Introduction to interventional radiology in cardiac mass
Key points • Surgical removal is the mainstay of cardiac mass diagnosis and treatment. • When complete tumor removal of the tumor is not possible or patient intention or condition…
PET in malignant cardiac tumors: Diagnosis, approach, and follow up
Key points • In spite of the fact that cardiac tumors are a very rare entity, their diagnosis and clinical management are of paramount importance in the field of cardio-oncology….
Primary cardiac lymphoma
Introduction Primary cardiac lymphoma (PCL) is an extranodal lymphoma which involves the heart and pericardium. It is a very rare tumor, representing 0.5% of all extranodal lymphomas and 1%–2% of…
Echocardiography in malignant cardiac tumors (diagnosis, approach, and follow-up)
Key points • Most malignant cardiac tumors are metastatic, most commonly from lung and breast carcinomas, melanomas, soft tissue sarcomas, and renal carcinomas. • Malignant primary cardiac tumors are rare…
CT in malignant cardiac tumors (diagnosis, approach, follow-up)
Key points • Cardiac CT has several advantages including wide availability, rapid acquisition time, excellent isotropic spatial resolution, and multiplanar reconstruction capabilities. • CT is a robust technique for assessment…
CMR for malignant cardiac tumors: Diagnosis, approach, and follow-up
Key points • Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is the gold standard noninvasive imaging modality to assess tissue characteristics in vivo which gives it a unique advantage in discriminating benign cardiac…
Other masses with the differential diagnosis of cardiac tumors
Key points • Extracardiac cardiac masses are important to the cardiologist because they can sometimes compress the heart or the great vessels, which enter or emerge from the heart, and,…
Oncologic essentials in malignant cardiac masses (approach and follow-up)
Key points • Malignant tumors are extremely rare. • 25% of primary cardiac tumors are malignant. • Most malignant cardiac tumors are metastatic (from breast, lung, melanoma, soft tissue sarcoma,…
