[Intrathoracic chest wall type lipoma with crescent-shaped mass on computed tomography; report of a case].
An asymptomatic 53-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with a slow-growing intrathoracic tumor after 3 years observation. Chest computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed an intrathoracic crescent-shaped mass measuring 13 x 2.5 cm along the left chest wall. Fatty contents were suggested. Surgical resection was successfully performed by video-assisted thracoscopic surgery. At operation, a yellowish, thinly encapsulated, 10 cm tumor was attached with its pedicle 2.5 cm in diameter to the pleura of the 7th intercostal space. The lesion was a soft mass, pedunculated and numerously lobulated, that caused the crescent form of the mass on chest CT and MRI. Histopathological examination revealed mature lipoma.
Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital, Yokkaichi, Japan.
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome