Pleural lipomatosis: A new pose of occult pleura effusion

Abumossalam, Ahmed Mohammed

doi:10.4103/1687-8426.176800

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“…An episode of chest pain, could be explained by pressure effect in huge size lipoma or due to repetitive episodes of fat necrosis as in our current case [12] . Other complications that may arise include rib lysis, hand paresthesias and intra-tumoral hemorrhage [13,14] .…”

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Extrapericardial Pleural Lipoma: A Surgical Case Report and Current Literature Review

Lu¹,

Zhu²,

Deng³

et al. 2020

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BackgroundLipomas arising from the intrathoracic pleura are exceedingly rare. Few cases have been reported worldwide. To our knowledge, this presented case is one of the few cases reported. Here we report a single case as intrathoracic lipoma that arose from the mediastinal pleura of the left pericardium. Here the tumor was completely resected by uniportal video assisted thoracic surgery. Case presentationA 64-year-old female presented with a symptomatic left chest pain, which was confirmed to be an lipomatous tumor using computed tomography. An oval extrapericardial lipoma originating from the mediastinal pleura was resected through uniportal video assisted thoracic surgery. Pathological examination indicated a diagnosis of pleura lipoma. ConclusionThe tumor was infectious and relatively hyperemia when detected during a medical checkup. We enabled the successful tumor excision via uniportal video assisted thoracic surgery approach. Extratumoral haemorrhage was confirmed during the operation. Although intrathoracic pleural lipomas are histologically benign, careful observation and follow-up are crucial due to the possibility of recurrence.

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Extrapericardial Pleural Lipoma: A Surgical Case Report and Current Literature Review

Lu¹,

Zhu²,

Deng³

et al. 2020

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“…Previously, Abumossalam had reported a case of pleural lipomatosis, leading to massive pleural effusion and was diagnosed by thoracoscopy. [ 7 ] Medical thoracoscopy is the procedure of choice for evaluating undiagnosed pleural effusions. [ 8 ] The sensitivity of thoracoscopy-guided biopsy in malignant pleural effusions is 95%, compared to 62% for pleural fluid cytology and 44% for closed pleural biopsy.…”

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