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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004;26:437
© 2004 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Giant lipoma of chest wall

Berkant Ozpolat, Murat Ozeren*, Taylan Akkaya, Ertan Yucel

Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Ankara Teaching and Research Hospital, Social Security Organization, Ankara, Turkey

Received 14 March 2004; received in revised form 23 April 2004; accepted 26 April 2004.

* Corresponding author Address: Kizilirmak Caddesi 61/5, Ankara 06640, Turkey. Tel./fax: +90-312-435-4089
e-mail: mozeren{at}yahoo.com

Key Words: Chest wall benign tumours • Lipoma, Thoracic mass • Chest wall benign tumours • Lipoma • Thoracic mass

A 56-year-old woman presented with giant lipoma of the posterior chest wall (Fig. 1) with the history of progressively enlarging mass during the 14 years. Magnetic resonance examination showed an extrathoracic tumour (35x20x15 cm in diameter) of the right posterior hemithorax without an infiltration to the thoracic wall, which was lipomatous in origin (Fig. 2a) . After tumour excised totally, histology confirmed lipoma (Fig. 2b).



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  		Fig. 1. Preoperative appearance of giant lipoma.

 


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  		Fig. 2. (a) Transverse (up) and coronal image (down) of magnetic resonance showing a giant extrathoracic tumour of right posterior hemithorax without an infiltration to the thoracic wall. (b) Histopathologic examination of the mass revealed lipoma.

 




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