Lipomatous Hypertrophy: An Accidental Finding in Heart

Lipomatous hypertrophy is an uncommon benign lesion of the atrium, generally asymptomatic, characterized by unencapsulated accumulation of adipose tissue entrapping cardiomyocytes. This pathology generally remains unnoticed and often emerges as an occasional finding. Here, we report two cases from o...

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Autores principales: Petrelli, F., Spagnoli, L., Aversa, S., Tripodi, S., Bellan, C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6662465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31380136
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8613724
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author Petrelli, F.
Spagnoli, L.
Aversa, S.
Tripodi, S.
Bellan, C.
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description Lipomatous hypertrophy is an uncommon benign lesion of the atrium, generally asymptomatic, characterized by unencapsulated accumulation of adipose tissue entrapping cardiomyocytes. This pathology generally remains unnoticed and often emerges as an occasional finding. Here, we report two cases from our hospital including a review of the available literature.
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spelling pubmed-66624652019-08-04 Lipomatous Hypertrophy: An Accidental Finding in Heart Petrelli, F. Spagnoli, L. Aversa, S. Tripodi, S. Bellan, C. Case Rep Pathol Case Report Lipomatous hypertrophy is an uncommon benign lesion of the atrium, generally asymptomatic, characterized by unencapsulated accumulation of adipose tissue entrapping cardiomyocytes. This pathology generally remains unnoticed and often emerges as an occasional finding. Here, we report two cases from our hospital including a review of the available literature. Hindawi 2019-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6662465/ /pubmed/31380136 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8613724 Text en Copyright © 2019 F. Petrelli et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Lipomatous Hypertrophy: An Accidental Finding in Heart
title_fullStr Lipomatous Hypertrophy: An Accidental Finding in Heart
title_full_unstemmed Lipomatous Hypertrophy: An Accidental Finding in Heart
title_short Lipomatous Hypertrophy: An Accidental Finding in Heart
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6662465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31380136
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8613724
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