A case of a migrating pleural lipoma: the beginning of a thoracolith?

Pleural lipoma presenting with back pain

“…Magnetic resonance imaging is required when there is a doubt in CT scan diagnosis. 1,4 Concerning the differential diagnosis; thoracic fatcontaining lesions include germ cell neoplasms, thymolipomas, lipomas and liposarcomas. Metastases and malignancies can cause rib/bone destruction and they are seen as heterogeneous masses.…”