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Int J Surg Case Rep
October 2023
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Introduction And Importance: Primary pericardial tumors are very rare with an overall incidence of 0.001-0.007 % and account for approximately 10 % of heart neoplasms.
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December 2021
Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland.
BACKGROUND Primary cardiac and pericardial neoplasms are rare and may be found incidentally on echocardiography. We present a case of a 5-year imaging follow-up in a patient with a large posterior pericardial lipoma diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging of the mediastinum. CASE REPORT A 64-year-old woman was admitted to the Department of Cardiology for detailed assessment due to an intrapericardial mass revealed on transthoracic echocardiography in an outpatient setting.
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September 2020
Pathology Department, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
Lipomas are rare primary heart tumors and may involve the endocardium, myocardium, or pericardium. Signs and symptoms depend on the tumor location and size. The intrapericardial lipoma we report has massive dimensions and mimics a pericardial effusion.
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March 2020
Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Bucharest, Romania.
Lipomas are the most common type of soft tissue tumors. They mainly are located in subcutaneous tissue in the body, including the heart. The cardiac location of lipomas is rare, mostly asymptomatic, and can cause life-threatening complications by rapid growth.
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June 2017
Department of Cardiology, Hospital "Dr. Cosme Argerich" Pi y Margall 750, Capital Federal (C11555ADH), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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