Open AccessSurgical resection of a cardiac lipoma of the right ventricle
Author(s) -
Dimos Karangelis,
John Palios,
Dimitrios Tzertzemelis,
Stella Economidou,
Matthew Panagiotou
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/aca.aca_87_18
Subject(s) - medicine , palpitations , lipoma , ventricle , surgical resection , heart neoplasms , resection , cardiac tumors , modalities , cardiac surgery , radiology , surgery , cardiology , social science , sociology
Cardiac lipomas are rare, benign, encapsulated tumors which predominantly appear outside of the heart and less frequently inside the cardiac chambers. We describe a case of a right ventricular cardiac lipoma in a 72-year-old female patient who presented with palpitations. Surgical considerations, diagnostic modalities, and up-to-date literature are also presented and discussed.