Lipoma de átrio direito / Lipoma of the right atrium
Arq. bras. cardiol
;
77(4): 361-368, Oct. 2001. ilus
Article
in Portuguese, English
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| ID: lil-299779
RESUMO
The patient is a 54-year-old asymptomatic male with a tumor in the right atrium that was diagnosed on transesophageal echocardiography and confirmed as a lipoma of the right atrium on computerized tomography. The patient underwent surgical repair with extracorporeal circulation. The tumor was resected, and its base of implantation in the atrium was repaired with a flap of bovine pericardium. The diagnosis of lipoma was confirmed on histopathological examination. Locating of the tumor with the aid of transesophageal echocardiography was very useful in the strategy of cannulation of the venae cava for installation of the circuit of extracorporeal circulation. The patient had a good postoperative evolution
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Heart Neoplasms
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Lipoma
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
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Portuguese
Journal:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Santa Genoveva/BR
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