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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;77:1079-1080
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

A large lipoma of the ascending aorta

Piroze M. Davierwala, MDa, Tirone E. David, MDa*, Jaglish Butany, MDa

a Division of Cardiovascular Surgery and Department of Pathology, Toronto General Hospital and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Accepted for publication April 9, 2003.

* Address reprint requests to Dr David, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth St, Room EN 13-219, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada
e-mail: tirone.david{at}uhn.on.ca

Ascending aortic tumors are extremely rare. We describe a patient with a large lipoma of the ascending aorta, which was discovered after opening the pericardium for a surgical procedure for mitral regurgitation due to prolapse.




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