"SSFP: hyperintense 6"
"T1: variable, heterogeneous"
"T2 SPAIR: hypointense to myocardium 6,7"
"T1C+ (Gd): heterogeneous enhancement"
"Cystic tumours of the atrioventricular node are rare. They make up between 1-3% of cardiac tumours 5 and are the most common tumours causing sudden cardiac death 1,2. They have been found in all age groups with a mean age of 38 years at the time of diagnosis 1. Women are more frequently affected 1."
"Immunohistochemical staining is positive for Alcian blue and PAS. It is also usually positive for cytokeratins such as AE1 and/or AE3, CK5/CK7, epithelial membrane antigen (EMA), and CEA. Neuroendocrine cells may show focal, scattered positivity for chromogranin and calcitonin 1,2."
"SSFP: hyperintense 6"
"T2 SPAIR: hypointense to myocardium 6,7"
Expected headings
"Echocardiography"
"Signal characteristics"
"Clinical signs and symptoms are arrhythmia-related and include palpitations, dizziness, syncope, dyspnoea, fatigue, partial or complete heart block. Tumours might be initially and temporarily asymptomatic 1."
"variably sized cysts with a columnar, squamous or transitional cell lining"
"History and etymology"