Large Pleural Lipoma: An Incidental Finding During a Metastatic Workup

Autor: Elhadidy, Tamer, Elmetwally, Raed A., Tohlob, Mohamed, Hamoda, Mohamed, Hewidy, Asem A., Ehab, Ahmed
Zdroj: Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews; June 2018, Vol. 14 Issue: 2 p121-123, 3p
Abstrakt: Pleural lipoma is an extremely rare benign tumor. A lesion homogeneity with smooth borders is a suggestive criterion of lipoma in the chest radiology. Tissue biopsy is usually required for the diagnosis and exclusion of liposarcoma. In this case report, we described a female patient diagnosed with a pleural lipoma which was discovered accidentally during a metastatic work up of a previously diagnosed squamous cell carcinoma in the left ala nasi. The diagnosis of the pleural lipoma was histopathologically confirmed with tru cut biopsy.
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