title: Intracardiac lipoma arising from the papillary muscle.
abstract: Cardiac lipoma is the commonest nonmyxomatous benign primary cardiac tumor. We report a case of lipoma arising from the anterolateral papillary muscle and presenting with a transient ischemic episode and a history of malignant melanoma. The lipoma was removed leaving the mitral apparatus intact.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Launceston General Hospital, Tasmania, Australia.
authors.forename: Anoop N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Koshy
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koshy
authors.forename: Ashutosh A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hardikar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008545:Melanoma; D010210:Papillary Muscles; D013702:Temporal Lobe; D016896:Treatment Outcome