title: Lipoblastoma: an unusual tumour of the left ventricle.
abstract: Lipoblastoma is a rare benign tumour of infancy originating from white foetal adipose tissue. Most commonly located in the extremities, intrathoracic and mediastinal involvement of this tumour is rare, and an intracardiac location is even rarer, with only one reported case. Herein, we present a 2-month old asymptomatic boy diagnosed with an echogenic mass in the left ventricular outflow tract. The patient underwent surgical excision and histopathological evaluation revealed a lipoblastoma.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center, Kathmandu, Nepal medpoonam@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Poonam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center, Kathmandu, Nepal.
authors.forename: Urmila
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Shakya
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Tribhuwan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
authors.forename: Gita
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sayami
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center, Kathmandu, Nepal.
authors.forename: Bijoy G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Rajbanshi
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D062689:Lipoblastoma; D008297:Male
keywords: Histopathology; Intracardiac; Lipoblastoma