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An unusual shaped mass filling the right cardiac chambers in a woman with a vascular malformation
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Cardiology Department, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, Romania
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Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Sf. Constantin Hospital, Brasov, Romania
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Pathology Department, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, Romania
Submission date: 2022-08-12
Acceptance date: 2022-10-15
Publication date: 2023-01-10
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Simona Stolnicu
Simona Stolnicu , Pathology Department George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures , Romania
Simona Stolnicu , Pathology Department George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures , Romania
Pol J Pathol 2022;73(3):281-282
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ABSTRACT
We present an interesting case of a patient with uterine leiomyoma and a vascular abnormality of the internal iliac artery and peri‑uterine veins presenting a right intracardiac mass with an extremely unusual and misleading shape, requiring surgical removal and pathological examination to confirm the diagnosis.
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