title: Intrathoracic giant pleural lipoma: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: This report describes a giant pleural lipoma that arose from the pleura of the 7th anterior intercostal space and occupied approximately 75% of the right pleural cavity in a 49-year-old woman. The tumor was completely excised by right thoracotomy. The complete histopathological investigation showed pleural lipoma, and we made a review of literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. h_zhao28@163.com.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Heng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed