Lipoma of the Interatrial Septum in a Patient With Chronic Atrial Fibrillation: A Case Report

The authors report on a 70-year-old woman with chronic atrial fibrillation that was hospitalized for digitalis intoxication and incidentally was found to have an interatrial lipoma. The diagnosis was established by transesophageal echocardiography, computed tomography (CT) scanning, and magnetic res...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Angiology 2006-08, Vol.57 (4), p.513-516
Hauptverfasser:	Korantzopoulos, Panagiotis, Patsouras, Dimitrios, Kountouris, Evaggelos, Voukelatou, Maria, Charaktsis, Ioannis, Zakkas, Fotios, Siogas, Konstantinos
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Atrial Fibrillation - complications Atrial Fibrillation - diagnostic imaging Biological and medical sciences Blood and lymphatic vessels Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiovascular system Chronic Disease Diagnosis, Differential Diseases of the peripheral vessels. Diseases of the vena cava. Miscellaneous Female Heart Neoplasms - complications Heart Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Heart Septum - diagnostic imaging Hormones. Endocrine system Humans Lipoma - complications Lipoma - diagnostic imaging Magnetic Resonance Imaging Medical sciences Pharmacology. Drug treatments Tomography, X-Ray Computed Ultrasonography Vasodilator agents. Cerebral vasodilators
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Zusammenfassung:	The authors report on a 70-year-old woman with chronic atrial fibrillation that was hospitalized for digitalis intoxication and incidentally was found to have an interatrial lipoma. The diagnosis was established by transesophageal echocardiography, computed tomography (CT) scanning, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Owing to the asymptomatic character and the benign nature of the tumor, a decision for conservative management was made.
ISSN:	0003-3197 1940-1574
DOI:	10.1177/0003319706290738