"T1: isointense"
"T2: hyperintense"
"T1C+ (Gd): heterogeneous late enhancement"
"T1: isointense"
"T2: hyperintense"
"T1C+ (Gd): heterogeneous late enhancement"
Expected headings
"Echocardiography"
"Signal characteristics"
"Cardiac undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcomas are rare primary malignant tumours of the heart that account for a substantial number of cardiac sarcomas 1-3. There is no gender predominance and the mean age of presentation is in the sixth decade 1."
"Clinical signs and symptoms are related to the left atrium and might include dyspnoea, palpitations and symptoms of heart failure or non-specific constitutional symptoms such as fever and weight loss 1."
"Cardiac undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcomas are characterised by a very poor prognosis with a median survival of less than a year 1-4. Management is usually multidisciplinary and includes surgery, chemotherapy and possibly radiotherapy even though a clear role for the two latter treatment modalities has not been established yet 2."