Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum.
Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum, a finding associated with obesity and advancing age, consists of accumulation of adipose tissue including fetal adipose tissue in the interatrial septum. It is a rare lesion of the heart and can reach notable size. A case is reported in which the diagnosis of lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum was established intraoperatively; the large bulk of the lipoma was such that it required major reconstruction of the interatrial septum and right and left atrial walls.
Basu
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Department of Surgery, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11219.
Folliguet
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Anselmo
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Greengart
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Sabado
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Cunningham
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Jacobowitz
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D000368:Aged; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000473:pathology*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000473:pathology; D003949:Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology*