Right atrial lipoma resection and partial reconstruction using bovine pericardium.
The primary heart tumors have an incidence varying from 0.001% to 0.28% of all tumors, reported in necropsies series. Lipoma consists of a benign tumour corresponding to about 8% of all primary heart tumors. When present, the symptoms are related to the size and location of such tumor. We report a case of a 27-year-old man with a lipoma in the right atrium who underwent surgical treatment with tumor resection and partial reconstruction of the right atrium using bovine pericardium.
Joaquim
Marcos Rogério
MR
Hospital dos Fornecedores de Cana, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil. mrjoaquim@sbccv.org.br
Braile
Domingo Marcolino
DM
Arruda
Marcus Vinícius Ferraz de
MV
Soares
Marcelo José Ferreira
MJ
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*