title: Lipomatous tumor of the tricuspid valve: report of a rare case.
abstract: The case is reported of a 19-year-old man with cardiac valve lipomatosis which was accidentally discovered during the work-up for an atypical chest pain. Echocardiography detected an immobile mass that involved the base of the anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve. Magnetic resonance imaging showed evidence of tricuspid valve lipomatosis, a rare cardiac valve tumor. After five months, echocardiography showed that the mass had not grown. To the best of the present authors' knowledge, very few reports exist of cardiac valve lipomatous tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Hakimeh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sadeghian
authors.forename: Bahareh
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eslami
authors.forename: Shapour
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shirani
authors.forename: Afsaneh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sadeghian
mesh_terms: D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography; D055815:Young Adult