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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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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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