title: Primary lipomatous tumors of the cardiac valves.
abstract: A tricuspid valve mass was identified on echocardiogram in a 69-year-old man with ischemic heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary embolism, and pneumonia; he died with progressive respiratory insufficiency. The abnormal mass was ascribed initially to infective endocarditis, and the diagnosis at autopsy was fibrolipoma, a benign tumor. Although rare, valve tumors should be included in the differential diagnosis of abnormal valve masses identified on echocardiogram.
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute of São Paulo University Medical School, Brazil.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Benvenuti
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Mansur
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Campos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000150:complications; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*