title: Well-circumscribed type of intramuscular lipoma in the chest wall.
abstract: A tumor shadow was identified in the chest X-ray of a 40-year-old Korean man and he was referred to our hospital. The computed tomographic (CT) scan of his chest showed a 3-cm rounded pleural-based mass lesion with calcification, which was growing into the intercostal muscles. Thoracoscopic surgery was performed to resect the tumor. From the histological findings, the tumor was diagnosed as an intramuscular lipoma. The patient displayed no evidence of recurrence for more than 18 months. As well-circumscribed type of intramuscular lipoma is a rare tumor, we report this case with a literature review in this paper.
authors.forename: Jang-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hyung-Dong
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Do
authors.forename: Jung-Cheul
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis; D006801:Humans; D007366:Intercostal Muscles / Q000473:pathology*; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010994:Pleura / Q000473:pathology*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000473:pathology*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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