Successful removal of a giant intrathoracic lipoma: a case report and review of the literature. 2008

Ramona M Hagmaier, and Glenn A Nelson, and Larkin J Daniels, and Adam I Riker
Mitchell Cancer Institute-University of South Alabama, 1 Mobile Infirmary Circle, 1st Floor, Mobile, Alabama, 36607-3522, USA. ariker@usouthal.edu.

We report a case of a 44-year old female who presented to her physician complaining of mild dyspnea. A follow-up chest X-ray and chest computed tomography scan revealed a giant bilateral intrathoracic mass, filling the right thoracic cavity and extending across the anterior mediastinum into the left chest cavity. This large mass caused a marked shift in the midline structures, displacing the heart to the left hemi-thorax. The patient underwent surgical removal of the thoracic and breast mass, with histologic examination confirming the diagnosis of a giant intrathoracic lipoma, weighing 4,320 grams and measured 34 x 28 x 11 cm. It is the largest intrathoracic lipoma documented in the modern literature.

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