J Cardiovasc Ultrasound.  2016 Jun;24(2):170-171. 10.4250/jcu.2016.24.2.170.

A Rare Case of Lipomatous Hypertrophy of the Interventricular Septum

• Papadopoulos CE
• Matsiras S
• Vassilikos V

• KMID: 2308709
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2016.24.2.170

Abstract

Asymmetrical left ventricular hypertrophy secondary to interventricular septum hypertrophy is usually considered a typical phenotype of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In rare cases other conditions such as tumors or lipomatous hypertrophy of the interventricular septum may have a similar presentation. We present a case of a male patient who presented for routine cardiology work up and was diagnosed of having ventricular septal hypertrophy secondary to localized lipomatous hypertrophy.

Keyword

Interventricular hypertrophy; Lipoma; Lipomatous hypertrophy

MeSH Terms

Cardiology
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
Humans
Hypertrophy*
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular
Lipoma
Male
Phenotype

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Lipomatous hypertrophy (red arrows) of the interventricular septum documented by transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. LA: left atrium, RA: right atrium, LV: left ventricle, RV: right ventricle, AV: aortic valve, IVS: interventricular septum.

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