title: [Intrathoracic lipoma of which a pedunculated growth was confirmed by the development of pneumothorax before surgery; report of a case].
abstract: The patient was a 47-year-old man who had been found to have an intrathoracic lipoma arising from the left chest wall during a routine physical examination 4 years previously, and had been followed-up. He visited our hospital because of left chest pain. Since the tumor had enlarged, he was scheduled for surgery. He developed pneumothorax before surgery, and imaging studies confirmed the presence of a pedunculated growth. It was easy to perform thoracoscopic resection of the tumor, which was diagnosed as lipoma by pathology. The patient is free of recurrence 2 years after surgery.
authors: Masaru Tsujimoto, Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Takaoka City Hospital, Takaoka, Japan.
authors: Masaru
authors: M
authors: Tsujimoto
authors: Sayuri
authors: S
authors: Bou
authors: Masayasu
authors: M
authors: Yokokawa
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000150:complications*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery