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Article
Subepicardial lipoma of the posterior atrioventricular sulcus in children: a case report and review of the literature
Qi-Liang Zhang1,2,3, Shi-Hao Lin1,2,3, Yu-Kun Chen1,2,3, Qiang Chen1,2,3, Kai Luo4, Jing-Hao Zheng4 ,*, Hua Cao1,2,3,*
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Affiliation
1
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fujian Branch of Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Fuzhou, China
2
Fujian Children’s Hospital, Fuzhou, China
3
College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
4
Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
*Jing-Hao Zheng and Hua Cao shared the corresponding authorship.
Heart Surg. Forum 2022, 25(3),
437–440;
https://doi.org/10.1532/hsf.4557
Published:
17 June 2022
Abstract
Cardiac lipoma is rarely reported in the pediatric population. We reported a case of subepicardial lipoma of the posterior atrioventricular sulcus in a child. The tumor was resected successfully and the patient recovered well after the operation.
Keywords
posterior atrioventricular sulcus
cardiac lipoma
subepicardial lipoma