Obstructive Right Atrial Lipoma

Abstract

Primary benign cardiac tumors are very rare and only 8.4% of them are cardiac lipomas. We report a case of a 67-year-old female patient who diagnosed with right atrial free wall lipoma on echocardiography and tomography. The patient underwent cardiovascular surgery unit for tumor resection.

Keywords

• right atrial free wall lipoma,primary benign cardiac tumors

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