Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 282-283, July 2009

Extensive recurrent cardiac lipoma

Sarver Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

Received 26 November 2008; accepted 25 March 2009. published online 02 April 2009.

Abstract 

A 56-year-old woman with a history of surgical removal of a invasive myocardial lipoma presented with progressive dyspnea. Transthoracic echocardiogram showed severe mitral and tricuspid regurgitation and severely impaired biventricular systolic function. Cardiac computed tomography was performed, showing extensive biventricular basal and mid-myocardial replacement by an infiltrating tumor that had the density of fat resulting in large aneurysms of the basal segments of both the ventricles. The patient is currently awaiting orthotopic heart transplantation.

Keywords: Aneurysm, Lipoma, Myocardium

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 Conflict of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1934-5925(09)00148-8

doi:10.1016/j.jcct.2009.03.007

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 282-283, July 2009

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