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ArticleRadiology case reports2023

Cardiac lipoma of the interventricular septum presenting with chest pain.

Marcello Chiocchi, Alessandra Luciano, Vincenzo De Stasio, Luca Pugliese, Eliseo Picchi, Carlo Di Donna, Maria Volpe, Maria Pitaro, Francesco Garaci, Roberto Floris

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Article in Radiology case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marcello ChiocchiDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University of Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81, Rome, 00133, Italy.
Alessandra LucianoDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University of Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81, Rome, 00133, Italy.
Vincenzo De StasioDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University of Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81, Rome, 00133, Italy.
Luca PuglieseDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University of Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81, Rome, 00133, Italy.
Eliseo PicchiDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University of Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81, Rome, 00133, Italy.
Carlo Di DonnaDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University of Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81, Rome, 00133, Italy.
Maria VolpeDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University of Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81, Rome, 00133, Italy.
Maria PitaroDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University of Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81, Rome, 00133, Italy.
Francesco GaraciDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University of Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81, Rome, 00133, Italy.
Roberto FlorisDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University of Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81, Rome, 00133, Italy.
University of Rome Tor Vergata · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this case report, we describe an incidental finding of interventricular septum lipoma in a 55-year-old man who came to our attention for chest pain. The ECG showed no changes compatible with ongoing ischemia. While laboratory tests documented increased troponin levels with normal D-dimer levels. Due to the technical difficulties encountered during the performance of the transthoracic echocardiogram, a cardiac CT scan was requested, which ruled out significant coronary artery disease and acute aortic syndromes and showed the presence of a circumscribed fat-dense mass located in the basal portion of the interventricular septum. Subsequent cardiac MRI confirmed the diagnosis of lipoma of the interventricular septum.

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Cardiac lipomaCardiac massesChest painTroponinosis

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PMID36936801
PMCPMC10020461
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