"T1: tend to be low to intermediate signal, but areas of haemorrhage may be high 3"
"T2: can be variable due to heterogeneity in tumour components, e.g. low signal calcific components; high signal myxomatous components"
"GRE: may show blooming of calcific components"
"T1 C+ (Gd): shows enhancement (important discriminator from a thrombus)"
"cardiac arrhythmia(s)"
Expected headings
"Associations"
"Complications"
"Cardiac myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumour in adults (~50%) but are relatively infrequent in childhood, where cardiac rhabdomyomas are more frequent 8,11. The incidence of cardiac myxomas is approximately 0.5 per million population per year 12. There is a broad range in the age of presentation (11-82 years), with most patients presenting in adulthood (mean ~50 years of age) 7,13. There is a recognised female predilection 7,13."
"Cardiac myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumour in adults (~50%) but are relatively infrequent in childhood, where cardiac rhabdomyomas are more frequent 8,11. The incidence of cardiac myxomas is approximately 0.5 per million population per year 12. There is a broad range in the age of presentation (11-82 years), with most patients presenting in adulthood (mean ~50 years of age) 7,13. There is a recognised female predilection 7,13."
"atypical: earlier presentation; multiple tumours are common and are more frequently located in the right heart or left ventricle"
"T2: can be variable due to heterogeneity in tumour components, e.g. low signal calcific components; high signal myxomatous components"