[Wide resection of chest wall for intramuscular lipoma in serratus anterior muscle reconstructed by autologous tissue;report of a case].
A 60-years-old man with a right lateral chest wall mass visited our hospital. There was a mass of 50×45 mm on the 5th rib. The mild atypical cells were detected by the percutaneous needle biopsy, and the tumor was resected with the chest wall of which detect was reconstructed with fascia lata and latissimus dorsi muscle cutaneous flap. Pathological diagnosis was lipoma in the serratus anterior muscle. The postoperative course was uneventful without paradoxical respiration and surgical site infection. Since intramuscular lipoma is very rare and is reported to have a risk of recurrence, careful observation is necessary.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Numazu City Hospital, Numazu, Japan.
Kiyomichi
K
Mizuno
Norikazu
N
Urabe
Kazuhiko
K
Nakatsuka
Kayoko
K
Ishikawa
Masanobu
M
Eguchi
D064592:Autografts; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000637:transplantation*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*