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KMID : 0364019940270100885
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Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
1994 Volume.27 No. 10 p.885 ~ p.887
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A Case Report of Lipomatosis in the Pleura
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Abstract
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Lipomatosis is a condition containing multiple lipomatous masses.
Lipoma is a benign neoplasm composed of adult adipose tissue, and occur most often in the fifth or sixth decade and rarely in the pleura. Pleural lipomas are usually asymptomatic and revealed as an incidental roentgenographic findings.
The patients was 59 year-old male and admitted because of dyspnea-on-exertion for 30 years. Chest CT revealed right pleura mass abutting on the chest wall, measuring minus 80 hounsfield units. The mass was resected with calcified pleura plaque
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confirmed to be lipomatosis with collagenous fibrosis arising from from viseral pleura. (Korean J Thoracic Cardiovas Surg 1994; 27:885-7)
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