[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.
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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