title: The rare mediastinal lipoma: a postmortem case report.
abstract: Mediastinal lipomas are extremely rare, so there are few reported cases. We report a postmortem case of this rare intrathoracic lipoma in a 79-year old female cadaver. The gross features of the tumor and histopathological findings confirmed the diagnosis of a massive simple benign lipoma. To our knowledge, this is the first case to be reported at such an advanced age and the second postmortem case found during comprehensive review of literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Touro University Nevada, 874 American Pacific Dr., Henderson, NV 89014, USA. yehia.marreez@tun.touro.edu
authors.forename: Yehia M A H
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Marreez
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Rouel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roque
authors.forename: Emmett
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Findlay
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D002102:Cadaver; D004210:Dissection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Mesenchymal tumors; adipose cells; asymptomatic; resection