Atypical Presentation of a Cardiac Lipoma
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.59958/hsf.7375Keywords:
cardiac tumor, lipoma, atrial myxoma, lipomatous hypertrophy, echocardiography, MRI, cardiac CTAbstract
Cardiac masses can have atypical presentations and diagnosis can be difficult because of limitations in imaging modalities. We report the case of a 69-year-old man with a history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia who presented with several months of dyspnea with exertion. There was a soft systolic murmur on exam. Transthoracic echocardiogram showed a large right atrial mass that appeared to be adherent to the interatrial septum. Considering the size and apparent attachment to the interatrial septum the suspicion was a myxoma. After further imaging however, including transesophageal echocardiogram, cardiac computed tomography (CT) and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) the diagnosis changed to a lipoma. The patient had surgical resection of the mass which confirmed the diagnosis. A multi-imaging approach may be helpful and required to accurately diagnose cardiac masses.
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