Surgical removal of a lipoma of the heart.
In a 29-year-old woman echocardiography revealed a tumour originating from the anterior wall of the right ventricle. Noninvasive findings aroused suspicion of a lipoma. The tumour was removed under cardiopulmonary bypass, the resulting defect in the right ventricular wall being covered with a Goretex patch. Histological examination classified the tumour as a rhabdomyolipoma.
Reynen
K
K
Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
Rein
J
J
Wittekind
C
C
von der Emde
J
J
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012207:Rhabdomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*