title: Ultrasonography, X-ray and CT imaging findings of a giant pericardial lipoma: Imaging diagnosis and review of the literature.
abstract: Pericardial lipomas are rare and mostly asymptomatic tumors, which are usually detected incidentally during physical examination. The present study describes a case of giant pericardial lipoma that was diagnosed by surgical pathology. The study also describe the X-ray, magnetic resonance imaging, and the distinguish of the pericardial lipomas. The study also describes the ultrasonography, X-ray, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings of the tumor, and a review of the literature of cardiac lipoma, to help increase awareness of the tumor and selection of the correct imaging method for diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasound, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan 453000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Haohui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan 453000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Meiyun
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan 453000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Deguang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan 453000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan 453000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasound, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan 453000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jiyun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasound, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan 453000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasound, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan 453000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jianjun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yuan
keywords: computed tomography; echocardiography; heart neoplasms; magnetic resonance imaging; pericardial lipoma