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secondary-malignant-cardiac-tumour

Optional Plurals

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"Potential presenting signs and symptoms may greatly vary, influenced by the location of tumour deposit(s) ^3,5:"

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En Dash

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"high temporal resolution (30–50 ms)"

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Strong List Colon Position

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"T1: hypointense"

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"T2: hyperintense"

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Number Spacing

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"For FDG PET assessment of cardiac metastases, patient preparation is critical to suppress the physiological myocardial glucose uptake, which would otherwise obscure focal tumour uptake. Patients should follow a very low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet for at least 24 - 72 hours prior to the scan, ending with a water fast for at least 4-12 hours. This will allow the myocardial metabolism to shift toward free fatty acids and reduce background FDG uptake. Adequate dietary preparation can achieve >80% suppression of normal myocardial uptake, significantly improving detection of pathological uptake ¹⁸."

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Isotope Notation

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"18F-FDG PET-CT with state-of-the-art CT may aid in differentiation between benign and malignant cardiac tumours. Likely the best present imaging modality to assess the widespread nature of the causative primary malignancy ⁴."

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Exclamation

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"Caveat emptor! Calculating a priori probability of synchronous primary cardiac neoplasm in these rare primaries might provide the end of the calculator on Occam's desk."

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Strong

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"multiple masses or nodules with a heterogeneous enhancement pattern, best diagnostic clue"

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"The latter finding may alert to the need for pericardiocentesis."

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"The latter finding may alert to the need for pericardiocentesis."

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Headings Valid

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H1 Terminology
H1 Usage
H1 Epidemiology
H2 Risk factors
H2 Associations
H1 Clinical presentation
H2 Complications
H1 Diagnosis
H2 Diagnostic criteria
H2 Diagnostic clues
H1 Pathology
H2 Aetiology
H2 Location
H2 Classification
H2 Macroscopic appearance
H2 Microscopic appearance
H2 Immunophenotype
H2 Markers
H2 Genetics
H1 Radiographic features
H2 Plain radiograph
H2 Mammography
H2 Antenatal ultrasound
H2 Transoesophageal echocardiography
H2 Ultrasound
H2 CT
H3 Dual-energy CT
H2 Angiography (DSA)
H2 MRI
H2 CT/MRI
H2 Nuclear medicine
H3 PET-CT
H3 PET-MRI
H1 Radiology report
H1 Treatment and prognosis
H2 Complications
H1 History and etymology
H1 Differential diagnosis
H2 Clinical differential diagnosis
H1 Practical points
H1 See also

"Gross pathology"

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"Histopathology"

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"Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE)"

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"Transoesophageal ultrasound (TOE)"

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"Cross-sectional imaging"

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"MRI"

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"CT"

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Semicolons

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"Virtually any primary malignancy may metastasise to the heart; however, the most common metastases are:"

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"endocardial (5%) - usually ventricular; right ventricle (more common), associated with tumours with endovascular growth potential"

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Oxford Comma

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"Encountering a high-grade, undifferentiated tumour may necessitate extensive use of immunohistochemical stains, a preliminary panel of which should include keratinic, melanocytic and lymphoid markers (cf. list of most common primaries) ^3,5."

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Inline EG

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"cardiomegaly (e.g. indicating pericardial effusion and/or cardiac congestion)"

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