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Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension and Assessment of Right Ventricular Function in the Piglet
Published on: November 4, 2015
Pulmonary embolism caused by right atrial myxoma on FDG PET/CT
Qinghua Liu1, Changjing Zuo, Taozhen Lv
1From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Abstract:
Pulmonary embolism derived from the right atrial myxoma is a rare event and can be difficult to recognize. A chest x-ray image from a 48-year-old woman with shortness of breath revealed multiple pulmonary nodules, which suggested lung metastases. An FDG PET/CT was performed for further evaluation. The images showed that the lung nodules had variable but mild FDG activity in general. There was 1 additional large FDG activity in the right atrium. The subsequent studies demonstrated that the patient experienced pulmonary embolism derived from the right atrial myxoma.
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