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Giant Cardiac Lipoma: Report of a Case
Author(s) -
Bardakci Hasmet,
Altintas Garip,
Unal Utku,
Kervan Umit,
Arda Kemal,
Birincioglu Levent
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00519.x
Subject(s) - medicine , infundibulum , lipoma , mediastinum , magnetic resonance imaging , ventricle , radiology , computed tomography , resection , anatomy , surgery
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.