Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (Dec 2010)

Ressecção de lipoma do septo interventricular Lipoma resection of the interventricular septum

  • Fernando Figueira,
  • Fernando Moraes Neto,
  • Carlos Roberto Ribeiro de Moraes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-76382010000400026
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 4
pp. 591 – 593

Abstract

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Relatamos o caso de um homem de 43 anos, assintomático, portador de um lipoma do septo interventricular, diagnosticado durante exame médico de rotina, por meio de ecocardiograma bidimensional e confirmado por tomografia computadorizada e ressonância magnética. O paciente foi submetido, com sucesso, à ressecção do tumor.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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