Giant cardiac lipoma in the ventricular septum involving the tricuspid valve

Hiroyuki Nishi; Masataka Mitsuno; Masaaki Ryomoto; Hiroyuki Hao; Seiichi Hirota; Yuji Miyamoto

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.02.052

Giant cardiac lipoma in the ventricular septum involving the tricuspid valve

Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Oct;88(4):1337-9. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.02.052.

Authors

Hiroyuki Nishi¹, Masataka Mitsuno, Masaaki Ryomoto, Hiroyuki Hao, Seiichi Hirota, Yuji Miyamoto

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan.

PMID: 19766837
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.02.052

Abstract

We report a case with a primary giant cardiac lipoma in the right ventricle attached to the interventricular septum that involved the chordae of the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve. As the potential for malignancy was low, tricuspid valve replacement and minimum tumor resection were performed to obtain a suitable route to the right ventricular outflow tract.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
Coronary Angiography
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Heart Neoplasms / surgery
Humans
Lipoma / diagnosis*
Lipoma / surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tricuspid Valve
Ventricular Septum
Ventriculography, First-Pass