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Cardiac Lipoma at Unusual Location – Mimicking Atrial Myxoma
Author(s) -
Singh Bhupinder,
Bhairappa Shivakumar,
Shankar Subramani Khamitkar,
Prasad N. M.,
Manjunath C. N.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.12093
Subject(s) - asymptomatic , lipoma , medicine , endocardium , myxoma , cardiac tumors , magnetic resonance imaging , interatrial septum , chest pain , radiology , cardiology , right atrial myxoma , atrial fibrillation , left atrium
Cardiac lipomas are one of the rare primary benign neoplasms composed of mature fat cells. The tumor originates mostly in the subendocardium and subepicardium but very rarely within the myocardium. Clinically, this tumor is asymptomatic and found incidentally in the vast majority of cases. We report a 26‐year‐old female presenting with atypical chest pain. Transthoracic echocardiogram showed a mass in relation to interatrial septum suggestive of atrial myxoma, but was confirmed to be cardiac lipoma on magnetic resonance imaging. Owing to the asymptomatic character and the benign nature of the tumor, a decision for conservative management was made.