title: Parietal pleura lipoma: a rare intrathoracic tumor.
abstract: Lipoma is a common benign tumor of soft tissues in adults. An intrathoracic location, particularly in the parietal pleura, is rare. We report two cases of pleural parietal lipoma with a review of literature. A preoperative diagnosis was established histologically by fine-needle aspiration in the first case and radiologically by computed tomography scan in the second. Both patients underwent surgical excision via thoracotomy and video-assisted thoracic surgery. Pathology examination confirmed the diagnosis of lipoma. The authors emphasize the necessity of surgical resection because of preoperative diagnostic difficulty of discerning lipoma from well-differentiated liposarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Mohamed V Military Hospital of Instruction, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Abdelfettah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zidane
authors.forename: Fouad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Atoini
authors.forename: Adil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arsalane
authors.forename: Akram
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Traibi
authors.forename: Massime
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hammoumi
authors.forename: Fayçal
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ouariachi
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oukabli
authors.forename: El Hassane
authors.initials: el H
authors.lastname: Kabiri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010994:Pleura / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome