A huge benign intrathoracic lipoma was identified on chest radiography, causing near-total lung collapse and mediastinal shift in a 38-year-old woman.
Demonstrates the imaging characteristics of a massive intrathoracic lipoma and emphasizes the need for histopathological confirmation to rule out liposarcoma.
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ABSTRACT Intrathoracic lipomas are rare benign tumours that may attain considerable size before detection. We report a 38‐year‐old woman in whom a huge intrathoracic lipoma was incidentally identified on chest radiography during preoperative assessment. Computed tomography demonstrated a large, well‐circumscribed fat‐attenuation lesion occupying nearly the entire right hemithorax, causing near‐total lung collapse and mediastinal shift. Image‐guided biopsy confirmed a benign lipoma. This case highlights the characteristic imaging features of intrathoracic lipoma and underscores the importance of histopathological confirmation to exclude liposarcoma, even in asymptomatic patients with marked thoracic compression.
Ing et al. (Thu,) reported a other. A huge benign intrathoracic lipoma was identified on chest radiography, causing near-total lung collapse and mediastinal shift in a 38-year-old woman.