A large lipoma of the ascending aorta.
Ascending aortic tumors are extremely rare. We describe a patient with a large lipoma of the ascending aorta, which was discovered after opening the pericardium for a surgical procedure for mitral regurgitation due to prolapse.
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery and Department of Pathology, Toronto General Hospital and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Piroze M
PM
Davierwala
Tirone E
TE
David
Jaglish
J
Butany
D000328:Adult; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000601:surgery; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*