Abstract
Purpose : Right ventricular (RV) mass is very uncommon. We retrospectivelyreviewed characteristics of RV mass detected by cardiovascularmagnetic resonance imaging (CMR).Objective : To describe types of RV mass, magnetic resonance (MR) signalintensity, and enhancement of RV mass in CMR.Setting : King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, a large medical school, tertiarycare and cardiac center for treatment of heart diseases in Thailand.Research design : Retrospective review.Methods : CMR studies during Jan 1st, 2007 to July 31st, 2009 were reviewed.All patients who had RV mass were recruited. CMR findings werecorrelated with operative notes, pathology reports and/or clinicaldiagnosis.Result : In total, 243 CMR studies were performed. There were 4 patients(1.65% of total CMR examination) with RV mass: 2 cases were primarycardiac tumor, i.e., malignant fibrosarcoma of right ventricle andbenign RV myxoma; and the other 2 cases were intracardiac thrombus.The tumors showed heterogeneous enhancement whereas noenhancement in the thrombus.Conclusion : CMR is useful to characterize tumor and thrombus by using contrastenhancement.
Publisher
Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
First Page
313
Last Page
321
Recommended Citation
Tumkosit, M.
(2010)
"Right ventricular mass detected by cardiovascularmagnetic resonance imaging,"
Chulalongkorn Medical Journal: Vol. 54:
Iss.
4, Article 2.
Available at:
https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/clmjournal/vol54/iss4/2