title: Fatty lesions in and around the heart: a pictorial review.
abstract: A wide variety of fat-containing entities occur in and near the heart. These findings are often encountered by radiologists and may be incidental or the reason for the patient's clinical presentation. Cross-sectional imaging helps to characterize the extent of these lesions and to formulate a differential diagnosis, which varies by lesion location, imaging features and patient demographics. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to familiarize radiologists with these fat-containing lesions and to help avoid misdiagnosis and errors in management. This pictorial review will discuss the normal fatty structures in and around the heart. A range of common and uncommon fat-containing lesions will then be reviewed based upon lesion location.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Aurora, CO, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pruente
authors.affiliation: 2 University of Texas Health Science Center, Department of Radiology, San Antonio, TX, USA.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Restrepo
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ocazionez
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Aurora, CO, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suby-Long
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Aurora, CO, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vargas
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed