Giant Cardiac Lipoma: Report of a Case

Cardiac lipomas are extremely rare benign tumors. We report a case of a 41‐year‐old man who was admitted because of cardiomegaly and a feeling of discomfort in his chest. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging studies showed a large mass occupying the mediastinum and pericardial space. T...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of cardiac surgery 2008-05, Vol.23 (3), p.254-256
Hauptverfasser: Bardakci, Hasmet, Altintas, Garip, Unal, Utku, Kervan, Umit, Arda, Kemal, Birincioglu, Levent
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Zusammenfassung:Cardiac lipomas are extremely rare benign tumors. We report a case of a 41‐year‐old man who was admitted because of cardiomegaly and a feeling of discomfort in his chest. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging studies showed a large mass occupying the mediastinum and pericardial space. The patient underwent resection of a lipoma which weighed 1100 g and had a pedicle 6 cm in diameter, connected to the epicardial surface of right ventricle infundibulum.
ISSN:0886-0440
1540-8191
DOI:10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00519.x