Right ventricle lipoma with pseudoaneurysmatic appearance.
The case of a 78-year-old female patient, with a large lipoma (13 x 17 x 10 cm) of the right ventricle, appearing pseudoaneurysmatic, is presented. Radical resection left a considerable right ventricle wall and interventricular septum defect which was reconstructed with a bovine pericardium patch.
Artemiou
O
O
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology, University of Vienna, Austria. omeros.artemiou@univie.ac.at
Klepetko
W
W
Baumgartner
H
H
Frank
H
H
Grimm
M
M
Wolner
E
E
D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery