title: A left ventricular lipoma presenting as heart failure in a septuagenarian: a first case report.
abstract: A 78-year-old Caucasian female presented as an outpatient with a 6-month history of severe progressive exertional dyspnea interfering with ambulating at home. Physical Exam revealed signs of heart failure with laboratory studies being normal. A subsequent echocardiogram revealed a mass in the left ventricle and the patient underwent successful resection of the mass with complete resolution of her symptoms. Histologic examination was consistent with a benign lipoma. After a comprehensive PubMed literature, we believe to report the first case of a left ventricular lipoma diagnosed and treated in the eighth decade of life.
authors.forename: Kamran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akram
authors.forename: Clark
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Narasimhulu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Neelagaru
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation