Lipoma of the right atrium

• Published in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia Vol. 77; no. 4; pp. 365 - 368
• Main Authors: Silveira, Wilson Luiz da, Nery, Max Weyler, Soares, Erica Coelho Garcia, Leite, Adélio Ferreira, Nazzetta, Hernando, Batista, Márcia Andery Ludovico, Oliveira, Cacilda Pedrosa de, Oliveira, Vilmondes Gonçalves de
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC 01-10-2001; Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)
• Subjects: CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
• ISSN: 0066-782X; 1678-4170; 0066-782X; 1678-4170
• DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2001001000006

The patient is a 54-year-old asymptomatic male with a tumor in the right atrium that was diagnosed on transesophageal echocardiography and confirmed as a lipoma of the right atrium on computerized tomography. The patient underwent surgical repair with extracorporeal circulation. The tumor was resected, and its base of implantation in the atrium was repaired with a flap of bovine pericardium. The diagnosis of lipoma was confirmed on histopathological examination. Locating of the tumor with the aid of transesophageal echocardiography was very useful in the strategy of cannulation of the venae cava for installation of the circuit of extracorporeal circulation. The patient had a good postoperative evolution.