Tamponade caused by cardiac lipomatous hypertrophy.
Cardiac lipomatous hypertrophy is an unusual disorder that typically affects the interatrial septum. We report a case in which large subpericardial deposits of fat were initially mistaken for a pericardial effusion and the subsequent clinical picture resembled tamponade. The patient improved following a pericardiectomy.
Myerson
Saul G
SG
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit, Department of Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney St., London SW3 6NP, UK.
Roberts
Robin
R
Moat
Neil
N
Pennell
Dudley J
DJ
D000368:Aged; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000150:complications*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology*