Ventricular tachycardia: beginning and ending fate of a benign invasive cardiac lipoma

• Published in: Monaldi archives for chest disease Vol. 90; no. 3
• Main Authors: Vriz, Olga, Ahmed, Mawada M., Kharabsheha, Suleiman, Aladmawi, Mohammed, Alamro, Bandar, AlSomali, Afrah, Fawzy, Nader, ALsanei, Aly, Echahidi, Najmeddine M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Italy PAGEPress Publications 15.07.2020
• Subjects: ablation; Adolescent; Amiodarone - therapeutic use; Anti-Arrhythmia Agents - therapeutic use; cardiac tumor; Combined Modality Therapy; Defibrillators, Implantable - adverse effects; Echocardiography - methods; Heart Neoplasms - pathology; Humans; lipoma; Lipoma - diagnostic imaging; Lipoma - surgery; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Recurrence; Tachycardia, Ventricular - diagnosis; Tachycardia, Ventricular - physiopathology; Tachycardia, Ventricular - therapy; Treatment Outcome; Ventricular tachycardia

Cardiac lipomas are rare benign heart tumors. Their clinical manifestations primarily depend on their dimension and location. We describe a case of a 14-year-old boy complaining of palpitations. ECG showed non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT). Echocardiography and cardiac MRI showed a large...