Unconventional location for a cardiac lipoma: The anterior papillary muscle

Papillary Muscle Lipoma in a Teenage Patient With Review of the Literature

“… 5 Prestipino et al. 6 Kim et al. 7 Publish date 2010 2016 2018 Gender Female Female Male Age 67 42 42 Location Anterolateral papillary muscle Anterolateral papillary muscle Posteromedial papillary muscle Symptoms Numbness on the right side with blurry vision Asymptomatic Asymptomatic History of illness Temporal malignant melanoma None None Treatment Surgical resection Close follow-up Surgical resection and mitral valve replacement …”

“…In 2016, Prestipino et al. 6 reported a middle-aged woman who was incidentally diagnosed with anterolateral papillary muscle lipoma during a checkup assessment. The patient was closely monitored due to the absence of symptoms.…”

“…However, most are asymptomatic and detected in an investigation for other causes. 3 Due to the extremely low prevalence of cardiac lipomas arising from unusual papillary muscle sites, 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 the treatment is challenging, especially in the young.…”

Cardiac lipoma arising from left ventricular papillary muscle: Resect or not?

“…We found only 2 cases in our literature search. 1,2 As described in those cases, surgical indications are less defined when the patient does not have overt symptoms. Considering the benign nature of the tumor, the surgical treatment might be deferred pending follow-up results.…”