Lipoma of the interatrial septum in a patient with chronic atrial fibrillation: A case report.
The authors report on a 70-year-old woman with chronic atrial fibrillation that was hospitalized for digitalis intoxication and incidentally was found to have an interatrial lipoma. The diagnosis was established by transesophageal echocardiography, computed tomography (CT) scanning, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Owing to the asymptomatic character and the benign nature of the tumor, a decision for conservative management was made.
Korantzopoulos
Panagiotis
P
Department of Cardiology, G. Hatzikosta General Hospital, Ioannina, Greece. pkor@oneway.gr
Patsouras
Dimitrios
D
Kountouris
Evaggelos
E
Voukelatou
Maria
M
Charaktsis
Ioannis
I
Zakkas
Fotios
F
Siogas
Konstantinos
K
D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography