An Uncommon Cause of Dyspnea: Usefulness of Multimodality Cardiac Imaging

Pericardial lipomas are very uncommon benign primary cardiac tumors. We describe the case of a patient with symptomatic large pericardial mass who presented with heart failure. Multimodality cardiac imaging helped us in the diagnosis of this unusual entity. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Pueyo Balsells, Nuria, Matute-Blanco, Lucía, Zielonka, Marta Zofia, Reyes-Juarez, José Luis, Rodríguez-Lecoq, Rafael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Heart Failure
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8642728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34917967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.09.021
Descripción
Sumario:Pericardial lipomas are very uncommon benign primary cardiac tumors. We describe the case of a patient with symptomatic large pericardial mass who presented with heart failure. Multimodality cardiac imaging helped us in the diagnosis of this unusual entity. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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