Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for non-invasive diagnosis of lipomatous hypertrophy of inter-atrial septum

Ravi R Bajaj; Djeven Deva; Anish Kirpalani; Raymond T Yan; Chi-Ming Chow; Victor Lo; Rachel Wald; Andrew T Yan

doi:10.1016/j.ihj.2013.12.026

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for non-invasive diagnosis of lipomatous hypertrophy of inter-atrial septum

Indian Heart J. 2014 Mar-Apr;66(2):244-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2013.12.026. Epub 2013 Dec 26.

Authors

Ravi R Bajaj¹, Djeven Deva², Anish Kirpalani², Raymond T Yan³, Chi-Ming Chow¹, Victor Lo³, Rachel Wald⁴, Andrew T Yan⁵

Affiliations

¹ Terrence Donnelly Heart Centre, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Department of Medical Imaging, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁵ Terrence Donnelly Heart Centre, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: yana@smh.ca.

Abstract

A 71-year-old asymptomatic woman is found to have an incidental cardiac mass on transthoracic echocardiography. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) findings are consistent with lipotamous hypertrophy of the inter-atrial septum. Given the characteristic appearances on CMR, biopsy or surgery was not indicated and the patient was managed conservatively.

Keywords: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Cardiac mass; Lipomatous hypertrophy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Echocardiography
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Diseases / diagnosis*
Heart Diseases / therapy
Heart Septum / pathology*
Humans
Hypertrophy / pathology
Incidental Findings*
Lipomatosis / diagnosis*
Lipomatosis / therapy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / methods*