Cardiac lipoma in a patient with a history of malignant tumours: a case report

Kitzing, Bjoern

doi:10.1186/1757-1626-1-41

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“…With a structure similar to other lipomas, cardiac lipomas have a round, capsulated, microscopic shape and usually originate from the epicardial fat tissue, with the right atrium being the most common location [16]. In our series, there were 2 patients with cardiac lipomas: 1 had a large liposarcoma spreading from the left to the right atrium and the other had a smaller lipoma confined to the left atrium.…”

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Clinicopathologic Review of Non-Myxoma Cardiac Tumors: A 10-Year Single-Center Experience

Anvari

Naderan²,

Babaki³

et al. 2014

Cardiology

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Objective: To report the prevalence, clinical presentation and histological characteristics of non-myxoma cardiac tumors in a major tertiary heart center. Method: Review of the medical profiles of 36,930 patients admitted to our hospital between 2003 and 2013 yielded a total of 86 cases of cardiac tumors (63 cases of myxomas and 23 cases of non-myxoma tumors). Clinical presentations and histological features were presented exclusively for primary and secondary tumors. Results: Of 23 enrolled patients with non-myxoma tumors, 5 had primary tumors and 18 had secondary or metastatic tumors. The most frequent origins of the secondary tumors were breast cancer, lymphoma, leukemia and lung cancer. Most secondary tumors had pericardial involvement, and only one tumor involved the left atrium. Sarcomas, including spindle-cell sarcoma and liposarcoma, comprised the majority of the primary malignant tumors. None of these tumors had pericardial involvement, and, except for one case, all were confined to the left side of the heart. All patients were symptomatic on admission, with dyspnea being the most frequent presenting symptom. Conclusion: Metastatic cardiac tumors were more prevalent than the primary ones, with fibromas constituting the largest proportion of the primary tumors and breast cancer being the prevalent cause of metastasis.

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Clinicopathologic Review of Non-Myxoma Cardiac Tumors: A 10-Year Single-Center Experience

Anvari

Naderan²,

Babaki³

et al. 2014

Cardiology

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“…Cardiac lipomas are 50 times less common. 2 The majority of cardiac lipomas are subendocardial or epicardial, and only 25% are found in the myocardium. The most common intracardiac localization is in the right atrium 3 and left ventricular is rare.…”

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A left intraventricular lipoma resected with the assistance of endoscopic camera

Johno,

Hasegawa,

Nagata

2023

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann

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Cardiac lipomas are extremely rare benign neoplasms of the heart. Most of them do not cause clinical symptoms, so far they are found incidentally in the majority of cases. Here, we describe a case of left intraventricular lipoma in an asymptomatic 34-year-old man which found by transthoracic echocardiography at comprehensive medical examination. Echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a 3 × 3-cm mass in apical wall of the left ventricle, which was diagnosed as lipoma or liposarcoma. Although he was asymptomatic, tumor resection was indicated to confirm a diagnosis of the tumor and to prevent of future fatal complications. Surgery was performed with endoscopic assistance, and the tumor was resected. Histological examination of the tumor specimens consistent of lipoma. The patient is currently asymptomatic, and no recurrence was seen after 4 years.

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“…Data search for cardiac lipoma was done and 14 articles were selected for review, which ranged from 1995 to 2013 in the english language describing right atrial lipomas. Below is the summary of the literature ( Table 1 , [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] ). Our patient’s lipoma on surgery was 6 cm × 6 cm which was intimately attached to the right side of the atrial septum and the right atrial free wall.…”

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