Multimodality imaging of a cardiac paraganglioma: A case report

Bruna Punzo; Dario Baldi; Brigida Ranieri; Carlo Cavaliere; Filippo Cademartiri

doi:10.3389/fcvm.2023.1123789

Multimodality imaging of a cardiac paraganglioma: A case report

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2023 Mar 24:10:1123789. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1123789. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Bruna Punzo¹, Dario Baldi¹, Brigida Ranieri¹, Carlo Cavaliere¹, Filippo Cademartiri²

Affiliations

¹ IRCCS SYNLAB SDN, Naples, Italy.
² Department of Radiology, Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio/CNR, Pisa, Italy.

Abstract

Cardiac paragangliomas (PGLs) are rare extra-adrenal tumors that arise from chromaffin cells of the sympathetic ganglia. PGLs are often diagnosed incidentally, in the absence of symptoms, or with symptoms related to cardiovascular dysfunction. Cardiac computed tomography (CCT) and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) can be used to accurately determine the lesion morphology and position as well as providing detailed tissue characterization. A multimodal imaging approach, not yet standardized, could be useful either in diagnosis and monitoring or in treatment planning. In the case reported here, CCT and CMR were performed to define lesion anatomy, and a reconstruction was generated using cinematic rendering (CR) to characterize the PGL angioarchitecture.

Keywords: CCT; CMR; cardiac paraganglioma; case report; neuroendocrine tumor.

Publication types

Case Reports

Grants and funding

This work was partially funded by the Italian Ministry of Health: projects “ricerca corrente” and “RCR-2019-23669118_005 CARDIO—Carditox-CT study.”