Cardiac lipoma
oleh: Imtiaz Ismail, Khalid Al-Khafaji, Monica Mutyala, Saurabh Aggarwal, William Cotter, Hosam Hakim, Sandeep Khosla, Rohit Arora
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Greater Baltimore Medical Center 2015-10-01 |
Deskripsi
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.