Key result
Fat-suppressed MRI successfully diagnoses rare cardiac lipoma in tuberous sclerosis, highlighting utility for cardiac masses.
Why the study?
Cardiac rhabdomyomas are typical in tuberous sclerosis, but cardiac lipomas are very rarely associated.
Case Report (n=1)
MRI is useful for diagnosing rare cardiac mass lesions such as lipomas in patients with tuberous sclerosis.
Supports fat-suppressed MRI for cardiac masses in tuberous sclerosis; leaves open routine adoption pending larger studies.
Tuberous sclerosis is a genetic multisystem disorder characterised by hamartomas in several organs. Cardiac rhabdomyomas are the main features of the disease but lipomas can very rarely be associated. Herein, we present a very rare association of tuberous sclerosis and cardiac lipoma detected by echocardiography and diagnosed as a lipoma via MRI and fat suppression technic, aim to report this very rare association, and emphasise usefulness of MRI in cardiac mass lesions.
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Balaban et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Tuberous sclerosis with cardiac lipoma (n=1). MRI with fat suppression technique was evaluated. MRI with fat suppression technique successfully diagnosed a very rare cardiac lipoma in a patient with tuberous sclerosis, emphasizing its usefulness in evaluating cardiac mass lesions.
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