What Is Hidden Behind Inferior Negative T Waves: Multiple Cardiac Glomangiomas

Vincenzo Castiglione; Alberto Aimo; Bruno Murzi; Angela Pucci; Giovanni Donato Aquaro; Andrea Barison; Alberto Clemente; Valentina Spini; Giovanni Benedetti; Michele Emdin

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.10.007

What Is Hidden Behind Inferior Negative T Waves: Multiple Cardiac Glomangiomas

JACC Case Rep. 2019 Dec 4;1(4):657-662. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.10.007. eCollection 2019 Dec.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy.
² Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Massa and Pisa, Italy.
³ Department of Histopathology, University Hospital, Pisa, Italy.

Abstract

Negative T waves in the inferior leads in an asymptomatic 17-year-old female patient prompted a diagnostic evaluation disclosing the presence of multiple cardiac glomangiomas. The combination of different imaging modalities (echocardiography, magnetic resonance, and positron emission tomography/computed tomography) and myocardial biopsy was crucial to establishing the correct diagnosis. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: CMR, cardiac magnetic resonance; CT, computed tomography; PET, positron emission tomography; cardiac mass; cardiac tumor; glomangioma; glomus tumor.

Publication types

Case Reports