Key result
Surgical resection resolves rare infant LVOT mass, confirming intracardiac lipoblastoma.
Why the study?
Intracardiac lipoblastoma is extremely rare with only one previously reported case, necessitating further documentation and characterization.
Case Report (n=1)
Intracardiac lipoblastoma should enter the differential for infant LVOT masses; extends single prior case but leaves management guidance open.
Lipoblastoma is a rare benign tumour of infancy originating from white foetal adipose tissue. Most commonly located in the extremities, intrathoracic and mediastinal involvement of this tumour is rare, and an intracardiac location is even rarer, with only one reported case. Herein, we present a 2-month old asymptomatic boy diagnosed with an echogenic mass in the left ventricular outflow tract. The patient underwent surgical excision and histopathological evaluation revealed a lipoblastoma.
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Sharma et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Lipoblastoma of the left ventricle (n=1). Surgical excision was evaluated on Histopathological diagnosis. Surgical excision of an echogenic mass in the left ventricular outflow tract of a 2-month-old boy confirmed the diagnosis of a rare intracardiac lipoblastoma.
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