title: [Giant compressive mediastinal lipoma: a case report].
abstract: Mediastinal lipoma is a rare mesenchymatous fatty tumor in child. Usually asymptomatic, it can cause asphyxiation. The authors report the case of an 18 month-baby-girl referred to us by the pediatric department for asphyxiation. The chest X ray was evocative of a mediastinal tumor. A sudden cardiorespiratory failure leads us to perform thoracotomy. A fatty tumor was found compressing the heart and the left lung. It was easily extirpated. The postoperative recovery was uneventful. Light microscopy showed a lipoma. This compressive form shows the severity of the mediastinal lipoma when it reaches a large size. The literature on this rare pathology is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Anatomie et d'Organogenèse (FMPO, UCAD). azou.ndiaye@caramail.com
authors.forename: As
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ndiaye
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Diarra
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Diop
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Ciss
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Dieng
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dangou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ndiaye
mesh_terms: D001237:Asphyxia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery