Polypoid (pedunculated) subepicardial lipoma: A cardiac lesion resembling the epiploic appendage

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-57

  Val Bernal, J Fernando ^a   Villoria, Fernando ^a   Fernández, Fidel A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOMA; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFARCTION; LIPOMA; OMENTUM; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 0034594449     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(99)00032-0     Document Type: Article

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