Myxoma chest x ray
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2] Ahmad Al Maradni, M.D. [3]
Overview
There are no specific chest x-ray findings associated with cardiac myxoma, the results can be reported as normal.
Chest x-ray
There are no specific chest x-ray findings associated with cardiac myxoma, the results can be reported as normal. [1] Related imaging findings include cardiomegaly, left atrial enlargement, vascular redistribution, prominent pulmonary trunk, and intracardiac tumoral calcification (rare).
Gallery
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Lateral chest radiograph from a 16-year-old girl with syncope and bacterial endocarditis. The radiograph demonstrates two areas of dense calcification (arrowheads) overlying the posterior aspect of heart. The posterior-anterior (PA) view confirmed location in the heart (not shown). At surgery a calcified myxoma of the right atrium was removed. Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology
References
- ↑ Cardiac Myxoma. Radiopedia.http://radiopaedia.org/articles/cardiac-myxoma Accessed on November 24, 2015