A case of cardiac lymphangioma presenting as a cystic mass in the right atrium

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1043-1047

  Kim, Shin Jae ^a   Shin, Eun Seok ^a   Kim, Seon Woon ^a   Shin, Je Kyoun ^a   Cheong, Jong Pil ^a   Kim, Young Min ^a   Lee, Sang Gon ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contrast echocardiography; Cystic lymphangioma; Heart neoplasms; Right atrium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIAC LYMPHANGIOMA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CYST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LYMPHANGIOMA; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PATCH ANGIOPLASTY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CYSTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIOMA; MYOCARDIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38049165862     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2007.48.6.1043     Document Type: Article

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