Magnetic resonance imaging findings in cardiac lipoma

Cardiac lipomas are exceedingly rare benign tumors of the heart. They are usually asymptomatic. Occasionally, they are found on MRI as an incidental finding. We report a case of a 68-year-old woman who presented with shortness of breath. Transoesophageal echocardiography depicted a cardiac mass lesi...

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Published in:	JBR-BTR : organe de la Societe royale belge de radiologie (SRBR) = orgaan van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Radiologie (KBVR) Vol. 95; no. 5; pp. 300 - 301
Main Authors:	Schiettecatte, A, Verdries, D, de Mey, J, De Maeseneer, M, Dujardin, M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Belgium Ubiquity Press 01-09-2012
Subjects:	Aged Diagnosis, Differential Female Heart Heart Neoplasms - diagnosis Humans Lipoma - diagnosis Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods neoplasms – Lipoma and lipomatosis
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Summary:	Cardiac lipomas are exceedingly rare benign tumors of the heart. They are usually asymptomatic. Occasionally, they are found on MRI as an incidental finding. We report a case of a 68-year-old woman who presented with shortness of breath. Transoesophageal echocardiography depicted a cardiac mass lesion. The diagnosis of an intracardiac lipoma was confirmed by characterization of this mass with MRI imaging. No surgery was required since the lesion did not exert a hemodynamic effect.
ISSN:	0302-7430 2514-8281
DOI:	10.5334/jbr-btr.652