title: Malignant arrhythmia with benign tumour: fibrolipoma of the left ventricle.
abstract: We report a case of young male referred for evaluation of recent onset recurrent syncope. Inhospital electrocardiogram revealed an episode of ventricular flutter which reverted spontaneously to sinus rhythm. Transthoracic echocardiogram showed hyperechoic mass in the left ventricle. For further tissue characterization a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was done which revealed a left ventricular mass with predominant fat content. The tumor was surgically resected. Histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of cardiac fibrolipoma. The patient recovered and is currently asymptomatic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Chakanalil Govindan
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Sajeev
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Sajeer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kalathingathodika
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Anishkumar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Kader
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Muneer
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Gopalan Nair
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Rajesh
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Vinayakumar
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Deshabandhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Gomathy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Subramaniam
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Rajesh Sadanandan
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Pillai
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Kudakkachira Mathew
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kuriakose
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Mangalath Narayanan
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Krishnan
keywords: Cardiac magnetic resonance; Cardiac tumor; Fibrolipoma; Syncope; Ventricular flutter