Key result
FDG-PET/CT identified a mildly hypermetabolic hypodense area in the left atrium of a 56-year-old woman, which was subsequently confirmed as a primary left atrial myxoma.
Population
A 56-year-old woman with rheumatoid factor-positive rheumatoid arthritis presenting with fatigue, fever…
Design
Case_report
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Incidental FDG uptake may warrant echocardiography to exclude myxoma; single-case data leave open any screening role.
Case Report (n=1)
FDG-PET/CT can incidentally detect primary cardiac tumors such as left atrial myxoma, and abnormal focal myocardial uptake should prompt further morphological assessment.
Gheysens et al. (2013) conducted a case report in Left atrial myxoma (n=1). FDG-PET/CT was evaluated on Detection of left atrial myxoma. FDG-PET/CT identified a mildly hypermetabolic hypodense area in the left atrium of a 56-year-old woman, which was subsequently confirmed as a primary left atrial myxoma.
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