Basu S, Folliguet T, Anselmo M, Greengart A, Sabado M, Cunningham J N, Jacobowitz I J
Department of Surgery, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11219.
Cardiovasc Surg. 1994 Apr;2(2):229-31.
Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum, a finding associated with obesity and advancing age, consists of accumulation of adipose tissue including fetal adipose tissue in the interatrial septum. It is a rare lesion of the heart and can reach notable size. A case is reported in which the diagnosis of lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum was established intraoperatively; the large bulk of the lipoma was such that it required major reconstruction of the interatrial septum and right and left atrial walls.
