title: Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum: a rare cause of right ventricular impairment.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 3rd Department of Cardiology, MRI Laboratory, Institute of Oncology in Gliwice, Gliwice, Poland. bartekh@mp.pl
authors.forename: Bartosz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hudzik
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Filipiak
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zembala
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szkodzinski
authors.forename: Karol
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miszalski-Jamka
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niklewski
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Głowacki
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zembala
authors.forename: Lech
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Polonski
mesh_terms: 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*