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Giant Pericardial Lipoma as an Unusual Cause of Cardiomegaly

드문 심비대의 원인으로서 거대 심낭 지방종

  • Kim, Woo-Jin (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School) ;
  • Kim, Kye Hun (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School) ;
  • Cho, Jae Yeong (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School) ;
  • Ahn, Youngkeun (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School) ;
  • Jeong, Myung Ho (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School) ;
  • Cho, Jeong Gwan (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School) ;
  • Park, Jong Chun (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School)
  • 김우진 (전남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 순환기내과) ;
  • 김계훈 (전남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 순환기내과) ;
  • 조재영 (전남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 순환기내과) ;
  • 안영근 (전남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 순환기내과) ;
  • 정명호 (전남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 순환기내과) ;
  • 조정관 (전남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 순환기내과) ;
  • 박종춘 (전남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 순환기내과)
  • Received : 2013.08.08
  • Accepted : 2013.10.02
  • Published : 2014.09.01

Abstract

Cardiomegaly is a commonly encountered clinical presentation on simple chest radiographs, and it usually indicates the enlargement of one or more cardiac chambers. However, cardiomegaly less commonly comes from abnormalities in the structures adjacent to the heart, including pericardial effusion, enlarged great vessels, or mediastinal tumors. Pericardial lipoma is a rare primary cardiac tumor that can grow to a large size by the time of diagnosis and result in huge cardiomegaly because of a lack of symptoms. Here, we report a rare case of giant pericardial lipoma that presented as huge cardiomegaly on simple chest radiographs. Multi-modality cardiovascular imaging, including echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, played a key role in the diagnosis and development of a therapeutic treatment plan for the present case.

심비대는 단순 흉부 X-선 검사에서 흔히 볼 수 있는 소견으로 대개는 한 개 이상의 심방실의 크기 증가를 의미한다. 그러나 심비대는 심낭 삼출, 대혈관 이상, 종격동 종양과 같은 심장 주변 구조물들의 크기 증가에 의해서도 보일 수 있다. 그 중 심낭 지방종은 매우 드문 일차성 심장 종양으로 대개는 증상이 없어 그 크기가 커진 후에 거대한 심비대에 대한 평가 중 드물게 진단되기도 한다. 저자 등은 흉부 X-선 검사에서 관찰된 심한 심비대로 내원한 환자에서 거대 심낭지방종을 경험하였기에 보고하고자 한다. 본 증례에서는 심낭지방종의 진단과 치료 계획 결정에 심초음파 및 심장 MRI와 같은 다중 심혈관 영상 접근 방법(multi-modality cardiovascular imaging)이 중요함을 알 수 있었다.

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