title: Massive thoracic lipoma: a case report.
abstract: A 60-year-old woman with a massive left intra-thoracic lipoma presented with worsening dyspnea. A computed tomographic scan revealed an 18 x 10 x 24 cm intra-thoracic mass, which was compressing the left lung and shifting the mediastinum to the right. At operative resection, a large, well-encapsulated, intrathoracic lipoma was discovered that weighed 2,556 grams. Histologic evaluation confirmed that the mass consisted of benign adipose tissue.
authors.affiliation: Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Department of Surgery, New Orleans, USA.
authors.forename: Lee M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: R Scott
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Thurston
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media