CARDIAC LIPOMA WITH CHANCES OF ST-SEGMENT AND T-WAVE ON ELECTROCARDIOGRAM

We report a case of cardiac lipoma found by chance as a cause of ST-T changes which suggested left ventricular hypertrophy. A 38-year-old ma n was completely asymptomatic and was incidentally found to have an ab normal electrocardiogram during a regular physical examination, Echoca rdiography revealed an oval mass located in the inferior wall of the l eft ventricle near the apex, and there was no finding of left ventricu lar hypertrophy. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, r ather than echocardiography, were useful in determining the characteri stics of the lipoma in this case. The tumor was resected by operation and the histology showed lipoma with no evidence of malignancy.