Evaluation of a cardiac sarcoma with CT multislice contrast-enhanced and 18FDG-PET/TC

Manlio Guazzaroni; Adriano Lacchè; Vittorio Nardone; Andrea Garipoli; Giulia Pizzicannella; Erald Vasili; Francesco Bocchinfuso; Roberto Floris

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2018.12.002

Evaluation of a cardiac sarcoma with CT multislice contrast-enhanced and 18FDG-PET/TC

Radiol Case Rep. 2018 Dec 17;14(3):368-371. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2018.12.002. eCollection 2019 Mar.

Authors

Manlio Guazzaroni¹, Adriano Lacchè¹, Vittorio Nardone¹, Andrea Garipoli¹, Giulia Pizzicannella¹, Erald Vasili¹, Francesco Bocchinfuso¹, Roberto Floris¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, UOC of Diagnostic Imaging, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Viale Oxford 81, Rome 00133, Italy.

Abstract

We present the case of an adult male who arrived to our emergency room with progressive dyspnea that had been ongoing for 2 months. During the radiological investigation, we found a large intracardiac mass, which invaded the pericardium, pulmonary trunk, pulmonary arteries, and left ventricle. Studies done with the 18FDG-PET/CT scan helped us to determine the malignant nature of the mass and to suspect the diagnosis of rhabdomyosarcoma.

Keywords: Cardiac Sarcoma; Computed Tomography; PET/CT.

Publication types

Case Reports