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Oxford University Press, Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2(15), p. 323-324

DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs159

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Chest wall giant lipoma with a thirty-year history

Journal article published in 2012 by Giovanni Leuzzi ORCID, Alfredo Cesario ORCID, Anna Mariantonia Parisi, Pierluigi Granone
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Abstract

Benign chest wall tumours are very uncommon and chest wall lipomas are rarely reported in literature. We report herein a case of a 68-year old man who developed a giant, symptomless mass of the chest wall. A chest computed tomography scan evidenced a solid neoplasm measuring 27 cm in its major axis. A radical excision was performed and the histology was consistent with lipoma. To our knowledge, this is the first case reporting a giant lipoma of the chest wall with a thirty-year history.