title: [A case of intrathoracic lipoma arising from the chest wall resected by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery].
abstract: We present a case of lipoma arising from the chest wall spreading into the thoracic cavity. Although asymptomatic, a 65-year-old female was pointed out an abnormal shadow on the chest X-ray film taken at the mass survey. The tumor, measuring 3.4 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm in diameter, was surgically removed under thoracoscopic visualization through a small thoracotomy incision of lt. 1st intercostal space, and the diagnosis of lipoma was confirmed postoperatively by histopathologic examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Sanyo Hospital, Yamaguchi, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Umemori
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Makihara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuhara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakae
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000601:surgery*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014741:Video Recording