Giant intrapericardial lipoma: Clinical and forensic implications
| Autor: | Bogdanović Milenko, Pavlekić Snežana, Milošević Maja, Radnić Bojana, Lakčević Jovana, Veljković Stefan, Alempijević Đorđe, Babić Miloš D. |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Serbian |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Vojnosanitetski Pregled, Vol 80, Iss 3, Pp 275-278 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0042-8450 2406-0720 20092202 94610002 |
| DOI: | 10.2298/VSP200922023B |
| Popis: | Introduction. Even though lipomas are the most common benign tumors, they are rarely found in the pericardial cavity. Although histopathologically benign, they can cause life-threatening complications by rapid growth and may there-fore be clinically considered malignant. Case report. We present an 80-year-old female who was injured during a syncopal episode when falling from a standing height and suffered bodily injuries for which she was hospitalized. In the further course of her short-term hospital treatment, death occurred, and the cause of death was marked as “un-known”. At the autopsy, a dilated and tense pericardium filling up a large part of the chest cavity was noted. A well-encapsulated soft tissue mass, 2 0 × 1 8 × 3 cm in size, weighing 820 g, was visualized in the pericardial cavity. Histopathological examination revealed that the mass was a lipoma and showed acute myocardial necrosis; therefore, it was assumed that the cause of death was probably due to the compression of lipoma on coronary arteries. Conclusion. Even though intrapericardial lipomas are benign tumors, they can cause life-threatening complications and sudden cardiac death. There are numerous diagnostic methods capable of detecting intrapericardial lipomas, and with timely treatment, the patient can be cured. |
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