Computed Tomography Tissue Characterization of Pediatric Cardiac Tumor

Rafael Zonana Amkie, MD; Amulya Buddhavarapu, MD; Mehul D. Patel, MD; Bihong Zhao, MD, PhD; Dilachew A. Adebo, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Sep 2023)

Computed Tomography Tissue Characterization of Pediatric Cardiac Tumor

Rafael Zonana Amkie, MD,
Amulya Buddhavarapu, MD,
Mehul D. Patel, MD,
Bihong Zhao, MD, PhD,
Dilachew A. Adebo, MD

Affiliations

Rafael Zonana Amkie, MD: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Heart Institute, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr Rafael Zonana Amkie, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6410 Fannin, Suite 425, Houston, Texas 77030 USA.
Amulya Buddhavarapu, MD: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Heart Institute, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
Mehul D. Patel, MD: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Heart Institute, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
Bihong Zhao, MD, PhD: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Pathology Service, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
Dilachew A. Adebo, MD: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Heart Institute, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 21
p. 101962

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Little is known about tissue characterization of cardiac tumors by dedicated cardiac computed tomography (CT) protocols in pediatric patients. We report using arterial and delayed CT acquisitions to characterize a large left ventricular free wall tumor in a 12-year-old female with congenital mitral insufficiency and an automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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