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An Uncommon Cause of Dyspnea: Usefulness of Multimodality Cardiac Imaging.

ABSTRACT: Pericardial lipomas are very uncommon benign primary cardiac tumors. We describe the case of a patient with symptomatic large pericardial mass who presented with heart failure. Multimodality cardiac imaging helped us in the diagnosis of this unusual entity. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

SUBMITTER: Pueyo Balsells N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8642728 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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