Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (Jan 2003)

Right atrial lipoma

  • Pêgo-Fernandes Paulo M.,
  • Costa Pedro Luiz Guimarães,
  • Fernandes Fábio,
  • Benvenuti Luiz Alberto,
  • Oliveira Sérgio Almeida

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 80, no. 1
pp. 97 – 99

Abstract

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Benign cardiac tumors are rare, and lipomas are among those less frequently found. We report the case of a 48-year-old male complaining of high blood pressure and epistaxis in the last 2 months, with a diagnosis of right atrial lipoma established on echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and anatomicopathological examination. The tumor was successfully removed, and up to 42 months after surgical excision, no evidence of tumor relapse was observed.