title: Fatal lipoma of the heart.
abstract: The clinical and postmortem findings of the largest cardiac lipoma reported to this date are described. Emphasis is made on the symptoms of respiratory embarrassment that were prominent in this fatal case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ashar
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: van Hoeven
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic