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A composite right atrial colossus excision with atrial reconstruction via thoracotomy—an alternative approach

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Cardiac lipoma of right atrium is rare. Early surgery is the treatment of choice. We describe a case of giant right atrial wall lipoma, which was resected through mini thoracotomy and its results.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Medical College Kottayam, Kottayam, Kerala, 695 011, India

    Sivaprasad Veerbhadran, Ratish Radhakrishnan & Jayakumar Thanathu Krishnan

  2. Department of Pathology, Medical College Kottayam, Kottayam, Kerala, 695 011, India

    Deepa Sujatha

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Veerbhadran, S., Radhakrishnan, R., Sujatha, D. et al. A composite right atrial colossus excision with atrial reconstruction via thoracotomy—an alternative approach. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 35, 507–509 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-019-00795-1

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