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Fig. 2 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 2

From: Incremental value of PET and MRI in the evaluation of cardiovascular abnormalities

Fig. 2

Characterization of mass. a Axial FDG-PET/CT scan in a patient with known thyroid cancer showed intensely hypermetabolic lesion (arrow) in the heart, which could not be localized clearly. b Four-chamber delayed enhancement cardiac MRI shows the mass to be entirely located within the left ventricular cavity. The mass has two distinct components, an enhancing component (red arrow) and a non-enhancing component (yellow arrow), which correspond to metastatic lesion and superimposed and bland thrombus, respectively. The patient was placed on anticoagulants in addition to chemotherapy

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