Pericardial lipoma: ultrasound, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings.
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.
Puvaneswary
M
M
Department of Medical Imaging, John Hunter Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.
Edwards
J R
JR
Bastian
B C
BC
Khatri
S K
SK
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