[Primary mesothelioma of the pericardium: diagnostic methods. A case report]

Cardiologia. 1993 Jan;38(1):59-63.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

Clinical picture and diagnostic methods in a patient with primary pericardial mesothelioma are described. Echocardiography shows an intrapericardial mass in direct continuity with left ventricular wall. Magnetic resonance imaging is essential to define mass dimension and extension and show cardiac wall and contiguous tissues infiltration. The histological characteristics are defined by using TAC-guided needle biopsy and needle aspiration.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Echocardiography
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mesothelioma / diagnosis*
  • Mesothelioma / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Pericardium / diagnostic imaging
  • Pericardium / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed