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Lipomatous atrial septal hypertrophy associated with adrenocorticotropin hormone administration in an infant with West syndrome.

Moisés Rodríguez-GonzálezHelena M Cascales-PoyatosAna Castellano-MartinezMyriam Ley-MartosAlvaro Antonio Perez-Reviriego
Published in: Cardiology in the young (2021)
We present the rare case of lipomatous atrial septal hypertrophy associated with adrenocorticotropin hormone therapy in an infant with West syndrome, highlighting their relatively benign nature and good prognosis in children, and the relevance of the differential diagnosis with more dangerous cardiac masses in order to avoid aggressive diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.
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