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. 2015 Jul;32(3):333-4.
doi: 10.5152/balkanmedj.2015.15808. Epub 2015 Jul 1.

Primary Intravascular Lipoma of the Superior Vena Cava

Ömer Tanyeli  1 , Yüksel Dereli  1 , Niyazi Görmüş  1 , Kemal Ödev  2
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Primary Intravascular Lipoma of the Superior Vena Cava

Ömer Tanyeli et al. Balkan Med J. 2015 Jul.
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FIG. 1. a–c.
FIG. 1. a–c.
Contrast-enhanced computerized tomography showing a lesion of fat density within the superior vena cava (arrow) (a), intraluminal mass (in circle), which markedly enlarged the lumen of the superior vena cava, in contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance venography (b), perioperative view of the excised tumoral mass (c)
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