title: Peripheral intrapulmonary lipoma: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Lipomas are common benign tumours, but intrathoracic lipomas are rare and peripheral lung lipomas are exceptionally rare. Eight cases have been described in the world literature. We report a case of lipoma arising in the periphery of the left lower lung in a 54-year old woman. Grossly, it was presented as a well- circumscribed, thinly encapsulated, rounded, pale yellow mass. A wedge resection was done of the left lung and the microscopic findings revealed lipoma of the lung. The present paper recapitulates the macroscopic and microscopic features, the treatment and the differential diagnosis of this rare neoplasm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Dumlupinar University, Kütahya, Turkey. kismetcivi@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Kismet
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Civi
authors.forename: Evrim
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ciftçi
authors.forename: Esra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gürlek Olgun
authors.forename: Sinan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erginel
authors.forename: Ragip
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.forename: Muzaffer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Metintaş
mesh_terms: D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology