Cardiac lipoma

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 repo...

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Autores principales: Ismail, Imtiaz, Al-Khafaji, Khalid, Mutyala, Monica, Aggarwal, Saurabh, Cotter, William, Hakim, Hosam, Khosla, Sandeep, Arora, Rohit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4612478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26486106
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.28449
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Sumario: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.

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