Image Description of Lipomatous Hypertrophy of the Inter-Atrial Septum

Aribal Serkan; Ozturk E; YalcÃ„Â±nkaya E

doi:10.4172/2167-7964.1000213

ISSN:2167-7964

Journal of Radiology

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Image Description of Lipomatous Hypertrophy of the Inter-Atrial Septum

*Aribal Serkan^1, Ozturk E² and Yalc�?±nkaya E³**
¹Aksaz Military Hospital, Radiology Service Marmaris, Mugla, Turkey
²GATA Haydarpasa Teaching Hospital, Department of Radiology Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey
³Aksaz Military Hospital, Cardiology Service Marmaris, Turkey
Corresponding Author :	Ar�?±bal Serkan Aksaz Military Hospital Radiology Service Marmaris Mugla, Turkey E-mail: serkanaribal@gmail.com
Received: January 06, 2016; Accepted: January 11, 2016; Published: January 13, 2016
Citation: Serkan A, Ozturk E, Yalc�?±nkaya E (2016) Image Description of Lipomatous Hypertrophy of the Inter-Atrial Septum. OMICS J Radiol 5:213. doi:10.4172/2167-7964.1000213
Copyright: © 2016 Serkan A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

Dyspnoea; Hypertrophy; Lipomatous

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A 58-year-old female patient was suffering from exortional dyspnea was admitted to our hospital’s cardiology service. She was underwent the coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) for further evaluation. The CTA revealed variable non-critic stenosis through coronary arteries. Also there is an expansion and increase in thickness at inter-atrial septum because of a hypo dense mass-like area. The density of this area is -37 HU which is compatible with fatty tissue. The final diagnosis is lipomatous hypertrophy of the inter-atrial septum (LHIS).

The prevalence of LHIS is estimated to be between 1-8%. It’s asymptomatic and detected incidentally in most of the cases. In some cases, there could be superior vena cava obstruction and cardiac rhythm disorders. In these complicated cases the only treatment choice is surgical. However, it is benign in many individuals and often does not warrant any treatment.