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Lipoma resection of the interventricular septum
Fernando Figueira1, Fernando Moraes Neto, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro de Moraes
1Heart Institute of Pernambuco, INCOR-PE, Recife, Brazil.
Abstract:
We report the case of an asymptomatic 43-year-old-man with a lipoma of the interventricular septum. Diagnosis was established during routine medical examination by 2-dimensional echocardiography and confirmed by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The patient underwent successful resection of the tumor.
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