title: Lipoma of the interatrial septum in a patient with chronic atrial fibrillation: A case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, G. Hatzikosta General Hospital, Ioannina, Greece. pkor@oneway.gr
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Korantzopoulos
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Patsouras
authors.forename: Evaggelos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kountouris
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Voukelatou
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Charaktsis
authors.forename: Fotios
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zakkas
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Siogas
mesh_terms: 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