Lipoma of heart: A rare neoplasm seen on autopsy.

The most frequent primary tumour of the heart is myxoma, followed by lipoma, rhabdomyoma, haemangioma and lymphangioma. Primary tumors of the heart constitute 0.4% of autopsy specimens. We report a case of 40 years male who died suddenly and his heart was received in Pathology Department for examination. In the left ventricular wall, a well circumscribed yellowish mass was seen which on microscopy proved to be a lipoma.

Pathological findings in liver autopsy.

Liver is the site of many diseases, many of which become symptomatic while some are diagnosed only on autopsy. Involvement of liver is secondary to cardiac, metabolic and social problems like alcoholism. In this autopsy study of one hundred cases of liver specimens, fatty change, venous congestion, cirrhosis of liver, malignancy, hepatitis and chronic abscess are reported; fatty change being the predominant finding.