title: Pericardial lipoma: an autopsy case and review of the literature.
abstract: Postmortem examination performed on a 70-year-old man revealed a thinly encapsulated, ovoid, large mass in the right hemithorax. The tumor was attached with its pedicle to the atrioventral pericardium and adjoined the diaphragm with compression of the right lower lobe of the lung. There was no adhesion between the tumor and the surrounding organs. Light microscopy showed a lipoma consisting of mature adipose tissue, and no malignancy was found.
authors.affiliation: Uludağ University Medical Faculty, Forensic Medicine Department, Bursa Branch of the Council of Forensic Medicine of Turkey, Görükle 16059, Bursa, Turkey. ddurak@uludag.edu.tr
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Durak
authors.forename: Bülent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eren
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D049429:Forensic Pathology / Q000379:methods; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*