title: Left ventricular lipoma.
abstract: We report the case of a 21-year-old female referred to our institution complaining of dizziness when standing up, which improved in the dorsal decubitus position and at rest, after a few minutes. The symptom, which had lasted for years, was not accompanied by vertigo, syncope, or neurological changes, but was gradually getting worse. Transthoracic echocardiogram showed a hyperechoic mass in the middle-apical region of the left ventricular posterior wall and normal pericardium. The cardiac nuclear magnetic resonance allowed the diagnosis of the left ventricular tumor suggestive of lipoma. Surgery was performed and the tumor was resected. The patient recovered well and is currently asymptomatic.
authors.affiliation: Instituto do Coração, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. paulopego@incor.usp.br
authors.forename: Paulo Manuel
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Pêgo-Fernandes
authors.forename: Carlos Alfredo
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Batagello
authors.forename: Fábio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Fabio Biscegli
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Jatene
authors.forename: Sérgio Almeida
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery