Cardiovascular magnetic resonance of cardiac tumors and masses

Figure 10  Twenty-five-year-old male patient with a ventricular mass of uncertain significance on computed tomography scan performed after an episode of dyspnea and chest pain. The cardiovascular magnetic resonance demonstrates a well-defined, solitary solid mass with intramural growth in the anterior wall of the left ventricle (A and B, cine steady state free precession diastolic and systolic frame, respectively). The mass shows homogeneous hypointense signal on short tau inversion recovery (C) and T1-weighted images (D). Homogeneous contrast uptake during perfusion sequences (E and F, two different frame of the perfusion sequence) and homogeneous hyperintensity in the early (G) and late gadolinium enhancement images (H). These findings are in keeping with cardiac fibroma. The patient finally underwent cardiac surgery, and the final histopathological diagnosis confirmed the radiological suspicion.