Luba Frank MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Jadranka Stojanovska MD, MS, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Dharshan Raj Vummidi MRCP, FRCR, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Gisela Christa Mueller MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

1. To present common and uncommon conditions mimicking cardiac tumors. 2. To address diagnostic challenges based on case by case presentation. 3. To discuss imaging features of mimickers and cardiac tumors to avoid pitfalls.  

1. Introduction: Diagnostic challenges in imaging of cardiac tumors (MR, CT, echocardiography, and conventional angiography). 2. MR imaging of cardiac tumors: How we do it. 3. Imaging features of common and uncommon conditions mimicking cardiac neoplasms. a. Thrombi (atrial and ventricular) mimicking myxomas, sarcomas, and metastases. b. Valvular diseases(caseous calcifications of mitral valve, myxomatoid degeneration, and bacterial endocarditis) mimicking fibroelastoma and myxoma. c. Inflammatory conditions ( fibrosing mediastinitis). d. Anatomic variants ( crista terminalis). e. Masslike hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mimicking tumor. 4. Road to correct diagnosis: How to avoid pitfalls.  

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Frank, L, Stojanovska, J, Vummidi, D, Mueller, G, Mimickers of Cardiac Tumors: How to Recognize the Pretender.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14018109.html