Lipoma de átrio direito / Lipoma of the right atrium
Arq. bras. cardiol
;
77(4): 361-368, Oct. 2001. ilus
Artigo
em Português, Inglês
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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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Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Cardíacas
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Lipoma
Limite:
Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
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Português
Revista:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Assunto da revista:
Cardiologia
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Hospital Santa Genoveva/BR
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