Successful Removal of Tumor of the Heart

Maurer, Elmer R.

doi:10.1016/s0096-5588(20)31121-1

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“…Primary cardiac lipomas are very rare tumors, 50-times less common than myxomas, and approximately 75% of them are benign. Since the first report in 1856, 1 and the first successful surgical extirpation of an intrapericardial lipoma by Maurer, 2 various cases have been described. Lipomas occur at any age and the frequency is equal in both sexes.…”

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Intrapericardial lipoma compressing the right atrium

Tamenishi

Nishi

Okamoto

2016

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann

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Intrapericardial lipoma compressing the right atrium

Tamenishi

Nishi

Okamoto

2016

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann

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“…Since the first successful surgical removal of an intrapericardial lipoma by Maurer [ 7 ] in 1952, further sporadic cases have been reported in the world literature. Although lipomas are benign and slow growing, surgical removal of all cardiac lipomas is necessary to prevent symptoms that could lead to tumour compression of the heart.…”

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Intrapericardial Giant Lipoma Displacing the Heart

Steger

2011

ISRN Cardiology

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Despite their benign character, intrapericardial lipomas can cause life-threatening complications by rapid growth. This paper presents a case of an intrapericardial lipoma in an almost asymptomatic 41-year-old female patient only suffering from mild dyspnoea on exertion. The tumour was found incidentally by chest X-ray. Echocardiographic examination and a CT scan of the thorax revealed a 16 × 14 × 12 cm lipomatous tumour mass highly suspective of a lipoma. Histological examination of excised tumour specimens confirmed the diagnosis of a lipoma. The patient is currently asymptomatic and has not presented with evidence of recurrence at the 6-month followup.

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“…Since the first successful removal of an intrapericardial lipoma by Maurer 7 in 1952, several sporadic cases have been reported. Eng and colleagues 8 reported resection of an epicardial lipoma weighing 1.36 kg, Doshi and colleagues 5 resected one weighing 2.15 kg.…”

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confidence: 99%