Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum: a rare cause of right ventricular impairment.
We report a case of a 70-year-old woman admitted with symptoms of decompensated heart failure. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum with partial upper right atrial inflow obstruction, partial obstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract, and excessive accumulation of adipose tissue in the pericardial space. The patient underwent excision of the septal lipomatous mass, which relieved the right ventricular outflow obstruction.
Hudzik
Bartosz
B
3rd Department of Cardiology, MRI Laboratory, Institute of Oncology in Gliwice, Gliwice, Poland. bartekh@mp.pl
Filipiak
Krzysztof
K
Zembala
Michal
M
Szkodzinski
Janusz
J
Miszalski-Jamka
Karol
K
Niklewski
Tomasz
T
Głowacki
Jan
J
Zembala
Marian
M
Polonski
Lech
L
D000368:Aged; D054087:Atrial Septum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*