Ethical and clinical dilemma from an incidental cardiac lipoma in a young and healthy patient
Incidental cardiac tumors are rare and mostly detected on autopsy as patients largely remain asymptomatic. However, diagnosis of an incidental cardiac mass on unrelated workup can pose significant ethical and clinical challenge to the care team. Surgical resection has been the most successful interv...
Main Authors: | Barrera, L.A (Author), Mondal, S. (Author) |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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NLM (Medline)
2022
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Online Access: | View Fulltext in Publisher |
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