Massive lipomatous hypertrophy of the right atria
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Lipomatous septal hypertrophy.
A 76-year old obese woman with a body mass index (BMI) of 36.8 was referred for evaluation of an intracardiac mass, incidentally detected with computed tomography (CT). The CT scan showed massive thickening of the intra-atrial septum with the septal tissue clearly hypointense to normal myocardium and isointense to subcutaneous fat (Figure 1, A) and sparing of the fossa ovalis (Figure 1, B, arro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart Views
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1995-705X
DOI: 10.4103/1995-705x.115504