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KMID : 0980720100290010078
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Keimyung Medical Journal
2010 Volume.29 No. 1 p.78 ~ p.82
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Infiltrating Type Pleural lipoma: A case report
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Park Jie-Hae
Park Chang-Kwon
Hwang Il-Seon
Chae Jin-Nyeong
Shim Sang-Woo
Choi Won-Il
Rho Byung-Hak
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Abstract
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A 62-year-old man complained left lower posterior side chest pain for 3 months. A chest wall tumor was suspected, based on the findings of computed tomography (CT) of the thorax, the CT number of which was -137. CT guided biopsy was performed. However, the definite diagnosis was not obtained. A resection was performed to establish the diagnosis and treatment. The resected tumor was a yellow, pleural origin mass, which was confirmed a lipoma. Intrathoracic lipomas are rare, but pleural lipomas are seen even less frequently. CT and percutaneous needle biopsy have been found useful examinations for diagnosing intrathoracic lipomas, but these are not always adequate for confirming the final diagnosis. Consequently, tumor resection is essential for obtaining a pathological diagnosis.
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KEYWORD
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Intrathoracic tumor, lipoma, pleura
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