A Case of a Growing Intrathoracic Chest Wall Type Lipoma
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- TAKIZAWA Masaya
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fukui-ken Saiseikai Hospital
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- TANAKA Yusuke
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fukui-ken Saiseikai Hospital
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- KOBAYASHI Hiroaki
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fukui-ken Saiseikai Hospital
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- TAWARA Hiroki
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fukui-ken Saiseikai Hospital
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- WADA Takashi
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fukui-ken Saiseikai Hospital
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- TAKAHASHI Tomohiko
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fukui-ken Saiseikai Hospital
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- Other Title
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- 胸腔内胸壁型脂肪腫の1例
- 症例 胸腔内胸壁型脂肪腫の1例
- ショウレイ キョウコウ ナイ キョウヘキガタ シボウ シュ ノ 1レイ
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Abstract
A 67-year-old man was referred to our hospital because of a growing abnormal shadow on plain chest X-ray. Chest computed tomography (CT) scan showed an intrathoracic smooth-shaped and fat-density mass measuring 13 × 6 cm arising from the left anterior chest wall. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan revealed that the mass had iso-intensity to the subcutaneous fat, was not contrasted, and partially heterogeneous. A benign intrathoracic lipoma was likely on imaging procedures, but a possibility of liposarcoma could not be ruled out. The tumor was resected by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for the purpose of diagnosis and treatment. The resected tumor was a pedunculated tumor arising from the parietal pleura, and was pathologically diagnosed as lipoma. Intrathoracic lipomas are rare. Many cases pose a problem regarding differentiation from liposarcoma clinically, and the definite diagnosis is often made by the resection of the tumor. We present a case of a growing intrathoracic chest wall type lipoma diagnosed by surgical resection, together with a review of the literature.
Journal
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- Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association)
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Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association) 78 (5), 966-970, 2017
Japan Surgical Association
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282679832582400
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- NII Article ID
- 130006230477
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- NII Book ID
- AA11189709
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- ISSN
- 18825133
- 13452843
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- NDL BIB ID
- 028310920
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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