title: Giant epicardial lipoma.
abstract: A patient undergoing coronary artery bypass was found to have a giant epicardial lipoma weighing 1.36 kg which was excised uneventfully. The radiological and pathophysiological features are considered, and the options for management discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leeds General Infirmary, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eng
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Kay
mesh_terms: D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged