title: Lipoma of the external thoracic wall.
abstract: We report the case history of an external thoracic wall lipoma, which was noticed incidentally on a chest roentgenogram because of its calcification. A probable diagnosis was made by computer tomography. Because of the increase in size of the tumour it was removed surgically, but no evidence of malignant degeneration was found.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Pneumology, De Wever Hospital, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sulzer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goei
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Bollen
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Theunissen
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Maesen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*