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DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1800863
Case Report

Intramyocardial Hemangioma Mimicking Paraganglioma in Cardiac MRI and DOTANOC PET

Venkata Subbaih Arunachalam 
1   Department of Imaging Sciences and Interventional Radiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
,
Apratim Roy Choudhury 
1   Department of Imaging Sciences and Interventional Radiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
,
Jineesh Valakkada 
1   Department of Imaging Sciences and Interventional Radiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
,
Anoop Ayappan 
1   Department of Imaging Sciences and Interventional Radiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
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Abstract

A cardiac hemangioma is a rare primary benign intracardiac tumor characterized by proliferation of endothelial cells. The lesions are hyperintense on T2/short tau inversion recovery magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and show avid enhancement and retention of contrast agents. Here we present a case of a histopathologically proven cardiac hemangioma showing uptake on Dodecanetetraacetic acid - octreotate (DOTATATE), masquerading as paraganglioma in MRI and positron emission tomography imaging.

Keywords

cardiac hemangioma - cardiac paraganglioma - DOTATATE PET

Authors' Contributions

J.V. conceptualized the study. A.R.C. and J.V. contributed to data collection and interpretation. A.R.C., J.V., and A.A. contributed to manuscript and figure preparation and manuscript revision based on feedback from co-authors. J.V. and A.A. supervised the study and made critical revision of the manuscript. All authors reviewed the results and approved the final version of the manuscript.


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Publication History

Article published online:
11 December 2024

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