MRI diagnosed cardiac lipoma in tuberous sclerosis: a case report with a very rare association

Ismail B., Elmall M., Baysal K.

Cardiology in the Young, vol.33, no.6, pp.1004-1006, 2023 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 33 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2023
  • Doi Number: 10.1017/s1047951122003122
  • Journal Name: Cardiology in the Young
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Page Numbers: pp.1004-1006
  • Keywords: cardiac lipoma, cardiac MRI, Tuberous sclerosis
  • İstanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

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.