Benjamin David Lack MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Giorgios Constantine Bis, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Kostaki G. Bis MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Michael Gallagher MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Francis Shannon, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Thomas-Evangelos G. Vrachliotis MD, PhD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

The purpose of this exhibit is: 1. Explain how to distinguish benign cardiac neoplasms from "pseudo masses" and malignant cardiac neoplasms. 2. Review the spectrum of imaging characteristics of benign cardiac neoplasms on CT and MRI. 3. Discuss key imaging characteristics, pathologic features, lesion location, and epidemiological factors to arrive at an appropriate differential diagnosis.    "pseudo mass" - non neoplastic lesions, normal anatomy, or normal variant anatomy which may be confused for cardiac neoplasms. 

I. Epidemiology of benign cardiac masses II. Common normal anatomy, variant anatomy, and artifacts which may be confused for a cardiac masses (CT/MRI artifacts, papillary muscles, pectinate muscles, Q-tip ridge, crista terminalis) III. Lesions which may mimic cardiac neoplasms (thrombus, lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum, loculated pericardial collections, pericardial cysts, aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms) IV. Distinguishing benign from malignant cardiac neoplasms V. CT and MRI imaging of benign cardiac neoplasms (myxoma, lipoma, cardiac fibroma, papillary fibroelastoma, rhabdomyoma, paraganglioma, hemangioma, struma cordis, teratoma)     

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Lack, B, Bis, G, Bis, K, Gallagher, M, Shannon, F, Vrachliotis, T, Comprehensive Analysis of Benign Cardiac Masses: Pathology, Imaging Appearance Spectrum on MRI with CT Correlation and Differential Diagnoses.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14005014.html