Chest wall giant lipoma with a thirty-year history

Giovanni Leuzzi; Alfredo Cesario; Anna Mariantonia Parisi; Pierluigi Granone

doi:10.1093/icvts/ivs159

Chest wall giant lipoma with a thirty-year history

Giovanni Leuzzi, Alfredo Cesario, Anna Mariantonia Parisi, Pierluigi Granone

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Abstract

Benign chest wall tumours are very uncommon and chest wall lipomas are rarely reported in literature. We report herein a case of a 68-year old man who developed a giant, symptomless mass of the chest wall. A chest computed tomography scan evidenced a solid neoplasm measuring 27 cm in its major axis. A radical excision was performed and the histology was consistent with lipoma. To our knowledge, this is the first case reporting a giant lipoma of the chest wall with a thirty-year history.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	323-324
Number of pages	2
Journal	Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Volume	15
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivs159
Publication status	Published - Aug 2012

Keywords

Chest wall tumour
Lipoma
Liposarcoma

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Surgery

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Chest wall giant lipoma with a thirty-year history

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