Lipomatous interatrial septal hypertrophy: an unusual cause of intracardiac mass.
Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum is an uncommon entity that usually occurs in elderly patients. We report a patient who presented with atrial fibrillation, congestive cardiac failure and a large intracavitary mass in the right atrium on echocardiography. He underwent successful resection of the mass with septal reconstruction. Pathology was consistent with lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum.
Moinuddeen
Khaja
K
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Robert Packer Hospital/Guthrie Healthcare System, One Guthrie Square, Sayre, PA 18840, USA.
Marica
Silviu
S
Clausi
Robert L
RL
Zama
Nche
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D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy