Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 6 , Pages 637-640 , June 2009

Large intra-cardiac benign fibrous tumour presenting in an adult patient identified using MRI

  • S.K.B. Agrawal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Radiology, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, UK
    • ,
  • D.J. Rakhit

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, UK
    • ,
  • S. Livesey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, UK
    • ,
  • D. Pontefract

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histopathology, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, UK
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  • S.P. Harden

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Radiology, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: S. Harden, Department of Cardiothoracic Radiology, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, UK. Tel.: +44 02380 794833; fax: +44 02380 796341.

Received 2 October 2008 ,Revised 15 January 2009 ,Accepted 22 January 2009.

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PII: S0009-9260(09)00060-9

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.01.006

Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 6 , Pages 637-640 , June 2009

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