title: Magnetic resonance imaging findings in cardiac lipoma.
abstract: Cardiac lipomas are exceedingly rare benign tumors of the heart. They are usually asymptomatic. Occasionally, they are found on MRI as an incidental finding. We report a case of a 68-year-old woman who presented with shortness of breath. Transoesophageal echocardiography depicted a cardiac mass lesion. The diagnosis of an intracardiac lipoma was confirmed by characterization of this mass with MRI imaging. No surgery was required since the lesion did not exert a hemodynamic effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. ann.schiettecatte@uzbrussel.be
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schiettecatte
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Verdries
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Mey
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Maeseneer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dujardin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*