Lipomatous metaplasia in ischemic cardiomyopathy.
Lipomatous metaplasia is characterized by substitution of muscle fibers with adipose tissue in the context of a myocardial scar. Cardiac magnetic resonance is an accurate cardiac imaging technique with high tissue spatial resolution that can easily characterize scar tissue, adipose tissue and lipomatous metaplasia. We report a case of lipomatous metaplasia in a 68-year-old man with a 14-year history of anterior myocardial infarction admitted to our cardiac department for dyspnea and palpitations.
Clinical and Experimental Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Messina, Italy. gianluca.dibella@tiscali.it
Gianluca
G
Di Bella
Michele
M
Gaeta
Carmelo
C
Anfuso
Concetta
C
Zito
Salvatore
S
Patanè
Scipione
S
Carerj
Francesco
F
Arrigo
Sebastiano
S
Coglitore
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008679:Metaplasia; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000473:pathology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*