Cardiac Lipoma of the Interventricular Septum

Authors

• Rodrigo Maia Alves Medicine Department, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Sousa Martins, Guarda, Portugal
• Cristina Gamboa Medicine Department, Cardiology Service, Hospital Sousa Martins, Guarda, Portugal

maia.alvesmd@gmail.com

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Abstract

Cardiac lipomas are rare benign primary neoplasms of the heart, usually found incidentally, that can become symptomatic depending on their size and location. We report the case of a 61-year-old man presenting with chest pain and elevated troponin and a normal EKG and D-dimers. A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed an intracardiac mass attached to the interventricular septum protruding to the left ventricle, later confirmed to be a lipomatous mass consistent with a cardiac lipoma on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Due to the mass characteristics and favourable evolution, it was decided not to excise the tumour, and the patient remains asymptomatic after a 4-year follow-up period.