Cardiac magnetic resonance characteristics of pediatric Cardiac Teratoma
β Scribed by Amy L Tipton; Kan N Hor; Wojciech Mazur; David Collins; Melissa King-Strunk; William Gottliebson; Michael Taylor
- Book ID
- 104499468
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 194 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6647
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β¦ Synopsis
5 day old term female with prenatal history of an intracardiac tumor followed by a post-natal echocardiography indentifying a large cystic mass compressing both ventricles, but without significant outflow tract obstruction. Cardiac MRI imaging showed a very large ventricular septal cystic mass most consistent with a primary cardiac teratoma causing mild LVOT obstruction.
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