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Case Reports
. 2017 Aug 23;1(5):182-189.
doi: 10.1016/j.case.2017.06.005. eCollection 2017 Oct.

Lipomatous Hypertrophy of the Interatrial Septum: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Andrew Xanthopoulos  1 , Gregory Giamouzis  1 , Nikolaos Alexopoulos  2 , Takeshi Kitai  3 , Filippos Triposkiadis  1 , John Skoularigis  1
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Case Reports

Lipomatous Hypertrophy of the Interatrial Septum: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Andrew Xanthopoulos et al. CASE (Phila). .
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Keywords: Imaging modality; Interatrial septum; Lipomatous hypertrophy; Mass.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
(A) TTE, apical four-chamber view. The red arrow indicates the thickened interatrial septum. (B) CMR of the LASH (star) in four-chamber view: end-diastolic frame of a cine image. Note that LASH spares the fossa ovalis. The arrowhead points to LASH anteriorly to the fossa ovalis. LA, Left atrium; LV, left ventricle; RA, right atrium; RV, right ventricle.
Figure 2
Figure 2
TTE, atypical apical four-chamber view. The yellow arrow indicates LASH. LA, Left atrium; LV, left ventricle; RA, right atrium; RV, right ventricle.
Figure 3
Figure 3
TTE, subcostal view. The white arrow represents the hypertrophied interatrial septal thickness. LA, Left atrium; LV, left ventricle; RA, right atrium; RV, right ventricle.
Figure 4
Figure 4
(A) CMR of LASH (star) in the four-chamber view. In T1-weighted images, LASH appears bright. (B) CMR of LASH (star) in the four-chamber view. In T1-weighted images with fat suppression, LASH appears dark. The combination of T1-weighted and T1-weighted images with fat suppression (A,B) is diagnostic for fat.
Figure 5
Figure 5
CMR of LASH (star) in the four-chamber view. In late gadolinium enhancement images, LASH shows mildly increased signal intensity compared with ventricular myocardium.
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