Parietal pleura lipoma: a rare intrathoracic tumor
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Abdelfettah Zidane, MD · Fouad Atoini, MD Adil Arsalane, MD · Akram Traibi, MD Massime Hammoumi, MD · Fayçal Ouariachi, MD Mohamed Oukabli, MD · El
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Lipoma is a common benign tumor of soft tissues in adults. An intrathoracic location, particularly in the parietal pleura, is rare. We report two cases of pleural parietal lipoma with a review of literature. A preoperative diagnosis was established histologically by fi ne-needle aspiration in the fi rst case and radiologically by computed tomography scan in the second. Both patients underwent surgical excision via thoracotomy and video-assisted thoracic surgery. Pathology examination confi rmed the diagnosis of lipoma. The authors emphasize the necessity of surgical resection because of preoperative diagnostic diffi culty of discerning lipoma from well-differentiated liposarcoma.
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 59:363–366 DOI 10.1007/s11748-010-0650-7 Received: 13 January 2010 / Accepted: 7 June 2010
