title: Tamponade caused by cardiac lipomatous hypertrophy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit, Department of Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney St., London SW3 6NP, UK.
authors.forename: Saul G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Myerson
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moat
authors.forename: Dudley J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Pennell
mesh_terms: 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*