Symptomatic lipoma in the interventricular septum

Cardiac lipomas, which are benign nonmyxomatous neoplasms of the heart, are rare and among those least often encountered. Because they normally cause no symptoms, diagnosis is often purely accidental. We report the case of a 24-year-old woman who presented with palpitations of recent onset and was f...

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Published inASAIO journal (1992) Vol. 52; no. 6; p. e35
Main Authors Türkoglu, Halil, Alkan, Tijen, Okçün, Bars, Akçevin, Atf, Paker, Tufan, Ersoy, Cihangir, Sasmazel, Ahmet, Aytaç, Aydn
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.11.2006
Subjects
Adult
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Electrocardiography
Female
Heart Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Heart Neoplasms - pathology
Heart Neoplasms - surgery
Heart Septum - diagnostic imaging
Heart Septum - pathology
Heart Septum - surgery
Humans
Lipoma - diagnostic imaging
Lipoma - pathology
Lipoma - surgery
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Summary:Cardiac lipomas, which are benign nonmyxomatous neoplasms of the heart, are rare and among those least often encountered. Because they normally cause no symptoms, diagnosis is often purely accidental. We report the case of a 24-year-old woman who presented with palpitations of recent onset and was found to have a lipoma attached to the left side of the interventricular septum (IVS). Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiograms were performed and showed a mass in the left side of the IVS. During successful surgical excision of the mass, intraoperative histologic diagnosis showed the tumor was lipoma. Our review of the English literature revealed that our case is only the seventh of removal of lipoma in the IVS. The postoperative course was uneventful, and an echocardiogram taken 6 months after the operation showed no evidence of enlargement of the tumor tissue.
ISSN:1538-943X
DOI:10.1097/01.mat.0000249043.53216.c0