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Case Reports
. 2022 Jul;119(1):136-138.
doi: 10.36660/abc.20210335.

Rare Presentation of Yolk Sac Tumor with Cardiac Involvement: Characteristics Detected by MRI

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Cristhian Espinoza Romero  1 , Williams Roberto Lata Guacho  1 , Kevin Rafael de Paula  1 , Robert Paladines Jimenez  1 , Eduardo Kaiser Ururahy Nunes Fonseca  1
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Rare Presentation of Yolk Sac Tumor with Cardiac Involvement: Characteristics Detected by MRI

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Cristhian Espinoza Romero et al. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2022 Jul.
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Figura 1
Figura 1. Ecocardiograma transtorácico. (A) Plano longitudinal 3 câmaras em diástole mostrando massa heterogênea no VD (seta). (B) Eixo curto com sinais de obstrução da VSVD (seta). (C) Plano coronal 4 câmaras imagem lobulada com projeção para o VD (seta). VE: ventrículo esquerdo; VD: ventrículo direito; AE: átrio esquerdo; Ao: aorta; AD: átrio direito; VSVD: via de saída do ventrículo direito.
Figura 2
Figura 2. Ressonância magnética cardíaca com sequência de pulso “steady-state free precession”. (A) Plano longitudinal 3 câmaras em sístole mostrando massa expansiva localizada no septo intraventricular (seta). (B) Plano axial eixo curto exibe massa com extensão para VD (seta). (C) Plano axial eixo curto, observa-se obstrução do tumor na VSVD (seta). VE: ventrículo esquerdo; VD: ventrículo direito; AE: átrio esquerdo; Ao: aorta; AD: átrio direito; VSVD: via de saída do ventrículo direito.
Figura 3
Figura 3. Ressonância magnética cardíaca. Características teciduais (A) Sequência sem contraste FSE com saturação de gordura, plano coronal 4 câmaras, mostra hiposinal heterogêneo do septo (seta). (B) Sequência sem contraste FSE ponderada em T2 com tripla inversão-recuperação, plano axial 4 câmaras, mostra mínimo aumento de sinal heterogéneo do septo (seta). (C) Sequência de realce tardio, plano coronal 4 câmaras presença de realce tardio heterogêneo do septo (seta). VE: ventrículo esquerdo; VD: ventrículo direito; AE: átrio esquerdo; AD: átrio direito.
Figure 1
Figure 1. Transthoracic echocardiogram. (A) Longitudinal 3-chamber view in diastole showing heterogeneous mass in the RV (arrow). (B) Short axis with signs of RVOT obstruction (arrow). (C) Coronal 4-chamber lobulated image with projection to the RV (arrow). LV: left ventricle; RV: right ventricle; LA: left atrium; AO: aorta; RA: right atrium; RVOT: right ventricular outflow tract.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Cardiac magnetic resonance with steady-state free precession pulse sequence. (A) Longitudinal 3-chamber view in systole showing an expansive mass located in the intraventricular septum (arrow). (B) Short axis axial view showing mass with extension to the RV (arrow). (C) Short-axis axial view showing tumor obstruction in the RVOT (arrow). LV: left ventricle; RV: right ventricle; LA: left atrium; AO: aorta; RA: right atrium; RVOT: right ventricular outflow tract.
Figure 3
Figure 3. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Tissue characteristics (A) FSE sequence without contrast, with fat saturation, 4-chamber coronal view, showing heterogeneous hyposignal in the septum (arrow). (B) T2-weighted FSE sequence without contrast, with triple inversion-recovery, 4-chamber axial view, showing a minimal increase in heterogeneous signal in the septum (arrow). (C) Late enhancement sequence, 4-chamber coronal view, presence of heterogeneous delayed enhancement in the septum (arrow). LV: left ventricle; RV: right ventricle; LA: left atrium; RA: right atrium.
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