title: [Atrial septal pouch: not always a thrombus. A case report and literature review].
abstract: A 69-year-old patient with dilated cardiomyopathy and atrial fibrillation experienced a transient ischemic attack. A septal pouch was diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography and a mass into the pouch was detected, which was initially defined as thrombotic material. Since the mass did not disappear after a period of effective anticoagulation, a different etiology was suspected and cardiac magnetic resonance showed a lipomatous nature. As far as we know this is the first case of septal pouch lipoma.
authors: Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale della Misericordia, 58100 Grosseto, Italy. alcresti@gmail.com
authors: Alberto
authors: A
authors: Cresti
authors: Eugenia
authors: E
authors: Capati
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: Picchi
authors: Francesco
authors: F
authors: Guerrini
authors: Silva
authors: S
authors: Severi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis*