title: Computed tomography of a symptomatic infarcted thoracic lipoma.
abstract: Intrathoracic lipomas are often asymptomatic and incidentally discovered on routine chest radiographs. An infarcted, pedunculated thoracic lipoma causing chest pain is described. The possibility of liposarcoma was suggested by an inhomogeneous computed tomography appearance and an attenuation value that was greater than that of normal subcutaneous fat.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Denver VA Medical Center, Colorado 80220.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Geis
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Russ
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Adcock
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008067:Lipoma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed