Tale of fat and fib - cardiac lipoma managed with radiofrequency ablation: A case report.

CONCLUSION: Benign fatty lesions in heart include solitary lipoma, lipomatous infiltration and lipomatous hypertrophy of interatrial septum. Although transvenous biopsy provides a definitive diagnosis, Cardiac MRI is superior to computed tomography and aids in differentiating benign from malignant lesions. Surgical excision of cardiac lipoma along with capsule and pedicle removal generally prevents recurrence, but with our patient's unusual tumor features and comorbidities proscribed a surgical approach. Symptom management with antiarrhythmics and ablation techniques were successfully utilized. PMID: 32774780 [PubMed]
Source: World Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: World J Cardiol Source Type: research