Primary lipoma of the diaphragm.
Lipoma of the diaphragm is an extremely rare entity. A case of this disease is herein reported, together with the review of the literature. The patient described was a 70-year-old male, who was admitted to our hospital with an abnormal shadow on his chest X-ray film. The primary tumor, located above the left hemidiaphragm, was successfully resected by video-assisted thoracic surgery, and the final diagnosis of lipoma originating in the diaphragm was made.
Shimizu
J
J
Department of Surgery, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan.
Hashimoto
T
T
Imai
T
T
Kawahara
E
E
D000368:Aged; D003964:Diaphragm; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000379:methods