Cardiac Manifestation of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Clin Nucl Med. 2016 Jul;41(7):570-1. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001235.

Abstract

Here, we report on a 38-year-old man with unclear right heart failure. Imaging with cardiac MRI and combined PET/CT with F-FDG revealed a hypermetabolic mass extending from the right ventricle to the atrium. In addition, intense glucose utilization throughout the bone marrow was noted. Biopsies of both bone marrow and cardiac mass were performed and revealed precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with gross leukemic infiltration of the myopericardium, a rare manifestation of acute lymphoblastic leukemia at initial diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Humans
  • Leukemic Infiltration / diagnostic imaging
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Pericardium / pathology
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / complications
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / diagnostic imaging*