title: Intrapericardial lipoma: diagnosed unexpectedly and resected during coronary artery bypass surgery.
abstract: Cardiac lipomas are extremely rare tumors, they usually remain asymptomatic and are detected incidentally, mostly during autopsies. In symptomatic patients, the diagnosis can easily be made by echocardiography, computed tomography, or magnetic resonance imaging. We report a case of pericardial lipoma found unexpectedly during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. The patient underwent a successful resection of the tumor and CABG via a median sternotomy. The patient is currently asymptomatic and has not presented with evidence of recurrence at the 12-month follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University, Lodz, Poland. radekzwolinski@poczta.onet.pl
authors.forename: Radoslaw
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zwolinski
authors.forename: Arkadiusz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ammer
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Walczak
authors.forename: Ryszard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jaszewski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology; D056346:Sternotomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome