Grünig Hannes, Strobel Klaus, Zander Andrea, Del Sol Pérez Lago Maria
From the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Cantonal Hospital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Clin Nucl Med. 2023 Mar 1;48(3):248-249. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004551. Epub 2023 Jan 14.
Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum (LHIS) is a benign anomaly with low prevalence. Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum is asymptomatic in most of the cases and rarely leads to atrial arrhythmias, obstructive flow symptoms, or sudden death. It is mostly diagnosed as an incidental finding in cross-sectional imaging and echocardiography, and increased 18F-FDG uptake on LHIS has been described. We present a case of repeated increased 18F-PSMA uptake in LHIS. Although very rare, familiarity with the typical features and prevalence of LHIS in PET/CT can avoid misinterpretation for metastatic disease.
房间隔脂肪肥厚(LHIS)是一种患病率较低的良性异常。房间隔脂肪肥厚在大多数情况下无症状,很少导致房性心律失常、梗阻性血流症状或猝死。它大多在横断面成像和超声心动图检查中作为偶然发现被诊断出来,并且已有文献报道LHIS上18F-FDG摄取增加。我们报告一例LHIS中18F-PSMA摄取反复增加的病例。尽管非常罕见,但熟悉PET/CT中LHIS的典型特征和患病率可避免将其误诊为转移性疾病。