Key result
Lipomatous hypertrophy of the cardiac interatrial septum was found incidentally at autopsy as a 3.5-cm mass consisting of mature fat cells and hypertrophic cardiac muscle cells.
Population
91-year-old man who attempted suicide
Design
Case_report
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Incidental autopsy finding suggests benign entity in elderly; leaves open prospective imaging studies to define prevalence and significance.
Reports an incidental autopsy finding of lipomatous hypertrophy of the cardiac interatrial septum in a 91-year-old man.
López-Beltrán et al. (1997) studied this question. Lipomatous hypertrophy of the cardiac interatrial septum was found incidentally at autopsy as a 3.5-cm mass consisting of mature fat cells and hypertrophic cardiac muscle cells.
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