Imaging myocardial carcinoid with T2-STIR CMR

We used T2-STIR (Short Tau Inversion Recovery) cardiovascular magnetic resonance to demonstrate carcinoid tumor metastases to the heart and liver in a 64-year-old woman with a biopsy-proven ileal carcinoid tumor who was referred because of an abnormal echocardiogram.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Schiavone, William A, Baker, Christopher, Prasad, Sanjay K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2276499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18353183
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-10-14
Descripción
Sumario:We used T2-STIR (Short Tau Inversion Recovery) cardiovascular magnetic resonance to demonstrate carcinoid tumor metastases to the heart and liver in a 64-year-old woman with a biopsy-proven ileal carcinoid tumor who was referred because of an abnormal echocardiogram.

Ejemplares similares