title: Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum: an unusual intraoperative finding.
abstract: Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum was an incidental finding in a man of 45 undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting for unstable angina. He was not overweight and did not have any rhythm disturbances. The diagnosis was made on frozen section.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bhattacharjee
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Neligan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dervan
mesh_terms: D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged