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Case Reports in Vascular Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 569095, 3 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/569095
Case Report

Left Hemibody Swelling in an HIV-Positive Patient with Congenital Heart Disease

Matteo Boattini, André Almeida, Rita Barata Moura, and Miguel Toscano Rico

Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marta's Hospital, 1169-024 Lisbon, Portugal

Received 26 January 2012; Accepted 4 March 2012

Academic Editors: P.-H. Huang, A. Iyisoy, L. Masotti, and J. Saour

Copyright © 2012 Matteo Boattini et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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