Title:Large Pleural Lipoma: An Incidental Finding During a Metastatic Workup
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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, Department of Chest Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Department of Chest Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Department of Chest Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Department of Chest Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Department of Chest Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura
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.
