Cardiac lipoma

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives

Imtiaz Ismail¹  William Cotter¹  Khalid Al-Khafaji¹  Monica Mutyala¹  Rohit Arora¹  Hosam Hakim¹  Sandeep Khosla¹  Saurabh Aggarwal² 

[1] Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL, USA;Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA;

关键词: lipoma;    cardiac;    TEE;    dyspnea;   

DOI  :  10.3402/jchimp.v5.28449

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Lipomas of the heart are encapsulated tumors that are composed primarily of mature fat cells. Cardiac lipomas can originate either from subendocardium (approximately 50%), subpericardium (25%), or from the myocardium (25%) and may be located more frequently in left ventricle or right atrium. We report a 74-year-old female who presented with dyspnea on exertion and was found to have 5×5 cm mass occupying most of the right atrium on a transesophageal echocardiogram.

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