Key result
Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography, cardiac MRI, and PET/CT successfully differentiated a benign right atrial tumor that was initially misdiagnosed as malignant metastasis by transthoracic echocardiogram.
Case Report (n=1)
The combination of multiple diagnostic imaging modalities is necessary to accurately confirm the diagnosis of cardiac tumors and avoid misdiagnosis.
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TTE alone may misclassify benign cardiac masses as metastases; leaves open the role of multimodality imaging in cancer patients.
Shi et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Breast cancer with multiple metastases and a right atrial cardiac mass (n=1). Multimodality imaging (contrast-enhanced ultrasonography, MRI, PET/CT) vs. Transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) was evaluated on Diagnosis of cardiac mass (benign vs malignant). Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography, cardiac MRI, and PET/CT successfully differentiated a benign right atrial tumor that was initially misdiagnosed as malignant metastasis by transthoracic echocardiogram.
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