Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum: characterization by transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and computed tomography

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1988 Nov-Dec;1(6):450-4. doi: 10.1016/s0894-7317(88)80028-2.

Abstract

Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum is a benign condition that must be distinguished from other space-occupying lesions of the atria. Patients with this disorder generally have chronic pulmonary disease and thus are difficult to image with conventional transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography. Transesophageal echocardiography can provide high quality imaging of intracardiac structures in patients who lack adequate transthoracic echocardiographic windows as a result of pulmonary disease. This case report describes the appearance of lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum as investigated by transesophageal echocardiography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiomegaly / diagnosis*
  • Cardiomegaly / diagnostic imaging
  • Echocardiography / methods*
  • Echocardiography, Doppler*
  • Esophagoscopy
  • Female
  • Heart Atria
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septum
  • Humans
  • Lipoma / diagnosis*
  • Lipoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*