A case of massive left atrial lipoma occupying pericardial space

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 715-721

  Yamamoto, Takeshi ^a   Nejima, Jun ^a,b   Ino, Takeshi ^a   Takano, Teruo ^a   Hayashi, Hiromitsu ^a   Bessho, Ryuzo ^a   Sugisaki, Yuichi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b TSURUMI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac lipoma; Cardiac surgery; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pericardial space; Primary tumors of the heart

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HEART TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOMEGALY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIPOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6344291444     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: 1348673X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.45.715     Document Type: Article

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