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Myocardial angiolipoma.
Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica, Et Immunologica Scandinavica. Section A, Pathology
|July 1, 1984
Summary
This report details a rare case of an intramyocardial angiolipoma, a vascular cardiac tumor. This finding is significant as such tumors have not been previously documented in medical literature.
Area of Science:
- Cardiovascular Pathology
- Surgical Oncology
- Histopathology
Background:
- Intramyocardial lipomas are rare, representing 25% of cardiac lipomas.
- Cardiac lipomas comprise less than 9% of all primary cardiac tumors.
- Vascular cardiac lipomas (angiolipomas) have not been previously reported.