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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmad Al Maradni, M.D. [2]Maria Fernanda Villarreal, M.D. [3]
Overview
On myxoma CT scan is characterised by low attenuation and areas of dystrophic calcification in cardiac chambers.[1]CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of cardiac myxoma, because it provides better soft-tissue contrast than echocardiography, and it can also differentiate calcification and fat, and may allow tissue diagnosis of some masses such as lipomas.[2]
Key CT scan Findings in Myxoma
Cardiac myxomas appear as intra-cardiac masses, most often in the left atrium and attached to the interatrial septum. They are usually heterogeneously low attenuating (approximately two-thirds of cases). Due to repeated episodes of haemorrhage, dystrophic calcification is common.[3]
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References
- ↑ Schoepf UJ. CT of the Heart, Principles and Applications.Springer Science & Business Media; 2007
- ↑ Araoz PA, Eklund HE, Welch TJ, Breen JF (1999). "CT and MR imaging of primary cardiac malignancies". Radiographics. 19 (6): 1421–34. doi:10.1148/radiographics.19.6.g99no031421. PMID 10555666.
- ↑ Left atrial myxoma Dr Ian Bickle Radiopedia.org 2015 http://radiopaedia.org/cases/left-atrial-myxoma