Intrapericardial lipoma: successful resection of a giant tumor without cardiopulmonary bypass.

Cardiovasc Pathol

Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Bologna, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Via Massarenti 9, Bologna, Italy.

Published: May 2007

Cardiac lipomas are very rare neoplasms. We describe herein a case of giant intrapericardial extracavitary lipoma in a 67-year-old man who has been previously treated for prostate and kidney cancers. The patient underwent successful resection of the tumor through right anterolateral thoracotomy.

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