What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Case Report. Population: Intracardiac lipoma (n=1). Intervention: Surgical resection. Primary outcome: Resolution of symptoms.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To report the clinical identification, diagnostic evaluation, and surgical management of a rare symptomatic primary intracardiac lipoma.

January 1, 2015International Journal of Surgery Case ReportsOpen Access

A rare case of a intracardiac lipoma

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Key result

Surgical resection of a large right atrial lipoma in a 74-year-old female resulted in complete resolution of her dizziness symptoms.

Population

74-year-old female presenting with dizziness, found to have a large right atrial mass (n=1)

Design

Case_report

Authors

MSMukesh SinghIllinois College DKDaniela KovacsSan Gallicano Hospital DBDaniel BenatarBen-Gurion University of the Negev

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Implication

Supports individualized surgical decisions for symptomatic right atrial lipomas; leaves open need for prospective data on outcomes and indications.

Key Points

To report the clinical identification, diagnostic evaluation, and surgical management of a rare symptomatic primary intracardiac lipoma.
Evaluated a 74-year-old female presenting with dizziness using routine laboratory diagnostics and an echocardiogram.
Performed complete surgical resection of a detected right atrial mass followed by histopathological examination.
Echocardiography revealed a large right atrial mass despite normal baseline laboratory values.
Complete surgical excision resulted in total resolution of dizziness, with pathology confirming a benign cardiac lipoma.

Study Design

Type

Case Report (n=1)

Structured PICO

Population

A 74-year-old female presenting with dizziness who was found to have a large right atrial mass, subsequently resected and identified as a lipoma.

Intervention

Surgical resection of the mass

Outcome

Complete resolution of symptoms and pathological confirmation of lipoma

Surgical resection is an effective and definitive treatment for symptomatic cardiac lipomas, which can be initially identified via echocardiography.

Cite This Study

Singh et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Intracardiac lipoma (n=1). Surgical resection was evaluated on Resolution of symptoms. Surgical resection of a large right atrial lipoma in a 74-year-old female resulted in complete resolution of her dizziness symptoms.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a96c354672df19136a6d3e9 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.02.024

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Implication

Supports individualized surgical decisions for symptomatic right atrial lipomas; leaves open need for prospective data on outcomes and indications.

A rare case of a intracardiac lipoma

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A rare case of a intracardiac lipoma

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