Tailored cardiac MRI with fat suppression sequences successfully diagnosed lipomatous hypertrophy of the atrial septum and differentiated it from other cardiac neoplasms.
Case Report (n=1)
Does cardiac MRI with fat suppression sequences accurately diagnose lipomatous hypertrophy of the atrial septum?
Cardiac MRI with fat suppression sequences is an effective noninvasive method for diagnosing lipomatous hypertrophy of the atrial septum and differentiating it from other cardiac neoplasms.
We present a case of a 50-year-old female evaluated for a 1-year history of numbness of the first and second toe of the right foot. Echocardiography performed in order to exclude cardiovascular compromise revealed a granular mass originating from the posterior part of the interatrial septum. On subsequent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with fat suppression sequences, the final diagnosis of lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum, a benign and underrecognized condition characterized by septal accumulation of fatty tissue, was made. Although no previous reports have focused on this, tailored cardiac MR with fat suppression sequences proved to be an excellent noninvasive method in assessing an accurate diagnosis and in differentiating lipomatous hypertrophy of the atrial septum from other cardiac neoplasms.
Mortelé et al. (Tue,) conducted a case report in Lipomatous hypertrophy of the atrial septum (n=1). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with fat suppression sequences was evaluated on Diagnosis of lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum. Tailored cardiac MRI with fat suppression sequences successfully diagnosed lipomatous hypertrophy of the atrial septum and differentiated it from other cardiac neoplasms.