Two discrete masses of leiomyomatosis in a patient, one extending to the right atrium

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 161-163

  Tasdelen A ^a   Mercan, A Şükrü ^a   Sezgin, A ^a   Karapinar, K ^b   Yaveri, A ^a   Aslamaci, S ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SSK Diskapi Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Heart neoplasms; Intravenous vena cava neoplasm; Leiomyomatosis; Right atrial mass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART TUMOR; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY VEIN; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UTERUS MYOMA;

FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 17444451854     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-9634     Document Type: Article

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