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Fig. 2 | BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

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From: Diagnosis of cardiac occupancy as metachronous carcinoma using multimodal imaging: a case report

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PET-CT results showed that the right heart was enlarged, and hypointense shadow was seen in the right ventricle, right atrium and the beginning segment of the main pulmonary artery, with a ring-shaped radioactive inhomogeneous thickening, ring-shaped increased glucose metabolism, and the hypointense shadow within it was a radioactive sparse defect area, considering a possible primary malignant lesion of the heart. Scattered lamellar hyperintensities in both lungs and a left lower lobe striate shadow with increased glucose metabolism were considered inflammatory lesions. The right hilar lymph node with increased glucose metabolism was considered reactive hyperplasia

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