title: Resection of an intrapericardial lipoma with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia.
abstract: A 35-year-old female presented with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) and a large intrapericardial mass. The mass was attached to the left ventricular wall with a broad stalk. On histopathology, the tumor was diagnosed as a lipoma. Postoperatively, the NSVT disappeared.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kawasaki Municipal Hospital, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. staguchi@z3.keio.jp
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: Atsuo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Rie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Irie
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed