Incidental finding of giant pericardial lipoma. (21st November 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Salim, Handi; Anand, Dhakshinamurthy Vijay; Watkin, Richard; Tapp, Luke
• Is Part Of: BMJ case reports. Volume 2016
• Publication Date: 2016-11-21
• Subjects: Medicine -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2016-218143
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-790X

Abstract

Abstract : We describe a patient with an incidental finding of a large mass adjacent to the heart detected on a screening CT scan. The differential diagnosis included primary and secondary tumours of the heart. Subsequent investigation with trans-thoracic echocardiogram and cardiac MRI confirmed a diagnosis of a giant pericardial lipoma, one of the common benign primary cardiac tumours.