title: Multiple cardiac lipomas and pericardial lipomatosis: multidedector-row computer tomography findings.
abstract: Being rare tumors of the heart, cardiac lipomas are usually discovered incidentally during non-cardiac-related examinations of the chest. Although they are reported to be typically solitary, multiplicity has been described in tuberosclerosis patients. Here we reported the multidedector-row computer tomography (MDCT) findings of a nontuberosclerosis case with multiple cardiac lipomas along with pericardial lipomatosis, who presented with symptoms of left heart failure after a hysterectomy surgery but otherwise healthy before that operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Içcebeci, Turkey. tubasanal@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Hatice Tuba
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Sanal
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kocaoğlu
authors.forename: Düzgün
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ors
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome