title: Aortic valve lipoma.
abstract: Cardiac lipoma (especially on the aortic valve) is extremely rare. We report a patient suffering from shortness of breath, chest pain, and recent presyncopal episodes who was found to have a mass on the aortic valve with mild aortic regurgitation. The patient had an uneventful aortic valve replacement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton, Australia. atmatsu@tokyonet.com.au
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: Anh Tuan
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Huynh
authors.forename: Taranpreet
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Armarego
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Formby
authors.forename: Alan F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.forename: Geoff S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Oldfield
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged