Complete removal of heart-compressing large mediastinal lipoma: A case report

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Minematsu, Noritoshi ^a   Minato, Naoki ^a,b   Kamohara, Keiji ^a   Hakuba, Takeshi ^a  

^a Fukuoka Tokushukai Hospital   (Japan)

^b KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART ATRIUM; HUMAN; LIPOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESSURE; THORAX SURGERY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LIPOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; PRESSURE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77952980227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-5-48     Document Type: Article

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