Why the study?
Cardiac lipomas require a high index of suspicion due to varied clinical presentation, and cardiac MRI is important for diagnosis and delineating management options.
Cardiac MRI is a valuable imaging modality for diagnosing rare cardiac lipomas and guiding their management.
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Cardiac MRI may aid lipoma diagnosis in select cases; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Due to varied presentation, a high index of suspicion is needed for diagnosis of cardiac lipoma. Treatment should only be reserved for symptomatic patients. This case acknowledges the importance of cardiac MRI in making the diagnosis of cardiac lipoma and further delineating the management options available.
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Bath et al. (2019) studied this question.
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