Why the study?
Does FDG PET show increased uptake in patients with cardiac lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum?
Population
Patients with cardiac lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum (LHIS)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Warrants CT/MRI correlation for interatrial FDG uptake to avoid misdiagnosing malignancy; cross-sectional data leave open prevalence and specificity.
Does FDG PET show increased uptake in patients with cardiac lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum?
Increased FDG uptake in the right heart on PET can be caused by benign lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum, which should be confirmed with additional imaging to avoid misdiagnosing malignancy.
Fan et al. (2005) studied this question.
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