title: Primary lipoma of the diaphragm.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kawahara
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003964:Diaphragm; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000379:methods