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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:1305-1306
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Pulmonary valve lipoma presenting as syncope

Carlo Pederzolli, MD*a, Alberto Terrini, MDa, Alessandro Ricci, MDa, Alessandro Motta, MDa, Luigi Martinelli, MDb, Angelo Graffigna, MDa

a Cardiac Surgery Unit, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento Italy
b Cardiac Surgery Unit, Ospedale San Martino, Genoa, Italy

Accepted for publication July 30, 2001.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Pederzolli, Cardiac Surgery Unit, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Largo Medaglie d’oro 9, 38100 Trento, Italy
e-mail: capede{at}tin.it

We report a case of a pulmonary valve lipoma presenting as syncope in a 28-year-old woman. Surgical excision of the mass was performed in urgency and the patient was discharged uneventfully.




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