Table 1 Clinical features of patients with cardiac lipoma
From: The value of multimodality imaging in diagnosis and treatment of cardiac lipoma
Case number | Sex/age (year) | Clinical presentation | Lipoma location and attachment | Shape and size (cm) | Treatment | Follow-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | M/51 | Exertional dyspnea and chest distress for 1 year | LV, attached to the anteroseptal endomyocardium | Round, 3.8 × 2.5 | Surgical resection | Well after 83 months |
2 | F/52 | Dyspnea for 1 month and a history of giant pericardial lipoma partial resection | Intrapericardial, infiltration into the biventricular myocardium | Irregular, 9.6 × 8.9 | Observation | Well after 68 months |
3 | F/58 | Incidental finding in CT for epigastric discomfort | RV, attached to the free wall of RV | Elongated, 1.9 × 1.2 | Observation | Well after 49 months |
4 | M/56 | Incidental finding in coronary artery CT for CAD | Intrapericardial, attached to the epicardium of LV | Round, 3.0 × 2.1 | Observation | Well after 42 months |
5 | M/82 | Incidental finding in checkup for facial paralysis | LV, attached to the apical lateral endomyocardium | Round, 1.5 × 1.2 | Observation | Well after 40 months |
6 | F/34 | Incidental finding in echocardiogram for paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia | LV, attached to the apical inferior endomyocardium; RV, attached to IVS | Round, 1.5 × 1.1(LV); Round, 1.1 × 0.8 (RV) | Observation | Well after 40 months |
7 | M/45 | Incidental finding in CT for chest trauma | LV, attached to the inferior mid-apical endomyocardium | Round, 2.0 × 1.5 | Observation | Well after 35 months |
8 | M/64 | Incidental finding in preoperative examination for urinary calculi | RA, attached to the roof of RA | Round, 2.4 × 2.1 | Observation | Well after 17 months |
9 | M/65 | Incidental finding in chest CT for lung cancer | Within mid-IVS | Nodular, 1.8 × 0.7 | Observation | Well after 15 months |
10 | M/18 | Incidental finding in health checkup | LV, attached to the anterolateral papillary muscle | Elongated, 1.6 × 0.4 | Observation | Well after 6 months |
11 | M/49 | Incidental finding in a preoperative examination for biliary stones | LV, attached to the inferior endomyocardium of LV apex | Heart-shaped, 2.5 × 2.1 | Surgical resection | Well after 5 months |
12 | F/52 | Incidental finding in health checkup | Intrapericardial | Irregular, 10.8 × 7.9 | Surgical resection | Well after 3 months |