Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 55-57 , January 2000

Polypoid (Pedunculated) Subepicardial Lipoma: A Cardiac Lesion Resembling the Epiploic Appendage

  • J.Fernando Val-Bernal, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Anatomical Pathology Department, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Medical Faculty, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: J. Fernando Val-Bernal, MD, PhD, Departamento de Anatomı́a Patológica, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Avda. Valdecilla, 1, 39008 Santander, Spain. Tel.: +34 - 942 - 202599; Fax.: +34 - 942 - 201903
    • ,
  • Fernando Villoria, MD

      Affiliations

    • Anatomical Pathology Department, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Medical Faculty, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
    • ,
  • Fidel A Fernández, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Anatomical Pathology Department, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Medical Faculty, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain

Received 17 September 1999 ,Accepted 18 October 1999.

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Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 55-57 , January 2000

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