Large Pleural Lipoma: An Incidental Finding During a Metastatic Workup

Title:Large Pleural Lipoma: An Incidental Finding During a Metastatic Workup

Volume: 14 Issue: 2

Author(s): Tamer Elhadidy, Raed Ali Elmetwally, Mohamed Tohlob, Mohamed Hamoda, Asem A. Hewidy and Ahmed Ehab*

Affiliation:

• Department of Chest Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura,Egypt

Keywords: Intrathoracic lipoma, pleural lipoma, pleural tumor, tissue biopsy, liposarcoma, patient.

Abstract: 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.

Cite this article as:

Elhadidy Tamer, Elmetwally Ali Raed , Tohlob Mohamed, Hamoda Mohamed , Hewidy A. Asem and Ehab Ahmed*, Large Pleural Lipoma: An Incidental Finding During a Metastatic Workup, Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews 2018; 14 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573398X14666180510143814