Primary cardiac lymphoma diagnosed by multiphase-gated cardiac CT and CT-guided percutaneous trans-sternal biopsy

Ripal N Shah; Tony W Simmons; J Jeffrey Carr; Daniel W Entrikin

doi:10.1016/j.jcct.2011.12.007

Primary cardiac lymphoma diagnosed by multiphase-gated cardiac CT and CT-guided percutaneous trans-sternal biopsy

J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2012 Mar-Apr;6(2):137-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2011.12.007. Epub 2012 Jan 28.

Authors

Ripal N Shah¹, Tony W Simmons, J Jeffrey Carr, Daniel W Entrikin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Section on Cardiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1088, USA.

PMID: 22398010
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2011.12.007

Abstract

We present a case of a primary cardiac B-cell lymphoma where a multiphase-gated cardiac CT exam helped to successfully guide trans-sternal needle biopsy to establish a tissue diagnosis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aged
Biopsy, Needle*
Cardiac-Gated Imaging Techniques*
Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Neoplasms / pathology
Humans
Lymphoma, B-Cell / diagnostic imaging*
Lymphoma, B-Cell / pathology
Male
Predictive Value of Tests
Radiography, Interventional*
Sternum / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, Spiral Computed*