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| IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY |
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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 16-17 |
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Unusual and challenging case of right atrial lipoma
John Arnold
Department Cardiothoracic Surgery, Blessing Hospital, Quincy, Illinois, USA
| Date of Web Publication | 1-Oct-2019 |
Correspondence Address:
Dr. John Arnold
Blessing Hospital, Quincy, Illinois
USA
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/njct.njct_7_19
How to cite this article:
Arnold J. Unusual and challenging case of right atrial lipoma. Niger J Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2019;4:16-7 |
A 68-year-old female with a complaint of chest pain and negative stress test Lexiscan was found to have a right atrial mass on transthoracic echocardiogram [Figure 1]. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging showed a lobulated mass consistent with a lipoma in the right atrium encircling the superior vena cava (SVC) entrance with extension to the lateral wall and septum [Figure 2]. Intraoperatively, the mass was found to be subendocardial and not completely discrete from surrounding tissues. The mass was resected as completely as possible, and the right atrium was reconstructed with a bovine pericardial patch. Following separation from cardiopulmonary bypass, the patient developed engorgement of the head and upper body consistent with SVC obstruction and required revision with a patch cavoplasty. Due to persistent signs of residual SVC obstruction postoperatively, the patient then underwent percutaneous stenting of the SVC with subsequent complete resolution of upper body edema [Figure 3]a and [Figure 3]b. The pathology showed mature adipose tissue admixed with cardiac muscle consistent with lipomatous hypertrophy. The patient's hospital course was otherwise uneventful.
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[Figure 1], [Figure 2], [Figure 3]
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