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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Published in: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 1/2021

Open Access 01-12-2021 | Lipoma | Case report

Total endoscopic left ventricle lipoma removal

Authors: Tom Langenaeken, Aydin Basoglu, Abdullah Kaya, Alaaddin Yilmaz

Published in: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery | Issue 1/2021

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Abstract

Background

Left ventricle (LV) lipoma is a very rare, benign cardiac tumor. Due to its rarity, LV lipoma is often misdiagnosed. Aspecific symptoms such as murmurs, arrhythmias, memory loss and palpitation may occur due to the mass effect.

Case presentation

We report a case report of a 42 year old woman who was found to have left ventricle mass after check-up for arrhytmia. By a fully endoscopic approach, the mass was successfully resected from the left ventricle without the need for sternotomy.

Conclusion

Total endoscopic removal of left ventricle lipoma’s can be done safely and has several advantages to conventional sternotomy. Larger studies are needed to confirm this hypothesis.
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Metadata
Title
Total endoscopic left ventricle lipoma removal
Authors
Tom Langenaeken
Aydin Basoglu
Abdullah Kaya
Alaaddin Yilmaz
Publication date
01-12-2021
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery / Issue 1/2021
Electronic ISSN: 1749-8090
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-021-01602-y

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