Primary Cardiac Lipoma Combined with Chest Pain Like Angina Pectoris.
- Author:
Jung Tae KIM
1
;
Woon Ha CHANG
;
Tae Yoon OH
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sunkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea. csmed7@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Heart neoplasms;
Lipoma;
Angina pectoris
- MeSH:
Adipose Tissue;
Angina Pectoris*;
Cardiopulmonary Bypass;
Chest Pain*;
Diagnosis;
Dyspnea;
Heart Atria;
Heart Neoplasms;
Humans;
Lipoma*;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Necrosis;
Pericardium;
Thorax*
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2006;39(4):320-322
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 60-year-old male was admitted because of dyspnea and angina like chest pain. Noninvasive findings showed a mass at the posterior aspect of the left atrium. The mass was removed under cardiopulmonary bypass. An encapsulated adipose mass, which originated from the left atrium without any invasion to the pericardium, was completely excised. Histological examination showed mature adipose tissue with partial necrosis, confirming the diagnosis of lipoma. We report a rare of case of massive left atrial lipoma occupying the pericardial space.
