title: Pericardial lipoma: ultrasound, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings.
abstract: Primary tumours of the heart and pericardium are extremely rare. Cardiac lipomas account for only 10% of all primary cardiac tumours. A case of surgically proven pericardial lipoma demonstrated by ultrasound, CT and MRI is presented here.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, John Hunter Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Puvaneswary
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Bastian
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Khatri
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed