Volume 110, Nº 2, February 2018
DOI: http://www.dx.doi.org/10.5935/abc.20180015
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Cardiac Lymphoma: A Rare Cause of Acute Heart Failure with Restrictive Physiology
Fernando Garagoli
Ezequiel Guzzetti
Ezequiel Lillo
Luciano Lucas
César Belziti
Figure 1 – a) Steady -state free precession (SSFP)-cine imaging showing an ill-defined, heterogeneous myocardial mass involving all cardiac chambers, particularly the right ventricle wall and right atrioventricular groove, as well as moderate pericardial effusion (solid arrow). b) T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging showing hyperenhancement of the mass, compatible with edema. c) T1-weighted sequence showing isointensity of the heterogeneous mass. d) T1-weighted inversion recovery showing late gadolinium enhancement of the myocardium (compatible with myocardial fibrosis) and hypoenhancement of the mass, marking the limit between myocardium and tumor (arrowheads).
Keywords: Cardiovascular Diseases; Lymphoma; Heart Failure / physiopathology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging.