A Benign Cardiac Growth but Not So Indolent

Autor: Adil S. Wani, Sahadev T. Reddy, Lakshmi Harinath, Robert W. W. Biederman
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Case Reports in Cardiology, Vol 2016 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2090-6404
2090-6412
DOI: 10.1155/2016/8794202
Popis: Cardiac lipomatous hypertrophy is a rare benign condition that usually involves the interatrial septum. Due to its benign nature it rarely requires intervention. Its presence outside the interatrial septum is reported infrequently. We present a case of lipomatous hypertrophy in the intraventricular septum that was complicated by a severe, symptomatic, and disabling dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. The symptoms significantly improved following the excision of the mass. In our case transthoracic echocardiogram was used to visualize the mass and measure the severity of the obstruction; Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging was used to characterize the mass and histopathology confirmed the diagnosis.
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