Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interventricular septum.

J Card Surg

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York.

Published: July 2020

Background And Aims: Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum is an uncommon type of cardiac adipose tumor. It is extremely rare for these lesions to be located in the interventricular septum.

Methods: We report this case of incidentally diagnosed lipomatous hypertrophy of the interventricular septum with right ventricular outflow obstruction which caused minimal symptoms and Wolff-Parkinson-White pattern on EKG.

Conclusion: We also discuss the diagnosis and management of this condition.

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