Pleural lipoma in a child--CT evaluation.
Lipoma is a benign neoplasm composed of adult adipose tissue and occasionally fibrous stroma. These lesions occur most often in adults and rarely in the pleura. We describe a case of a lipoma in a 3 1/2 year old child that presented as a pleural-based mass.
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Department of Radiology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond.
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010994:Pleura / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed