Unusual giant pleural lipomas: imaging features.
Pleural lipomas are rarely encountered in the thoracic cavity. Sometimes, they infiltrate the intercostal space to have a component on either side of the intercostal space forming a hourglass configuration. They are generally solitary, small and asymptomatic. We present the case of a 49-year-old man with two giant pleural lipomas, both originating from the right parietal pleura, and one of which was passing through the intercostal space giving rise to a hourglass-shaped configuration. When they occur, although benign, considering the evolutionary potential, excision is recommended.
['Sudhakaran|Dipin|D|http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5650-9952', 'Chandrashekhara|Sheragaru Hanumanthappa|SH|http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9924-853X', 'Kumar|Sunil|S|', 'Sulaiman|Mohamed|M|']
D006801:Humans D008067:Lipoma D008297:Male D008875:Middle Aged D010994:Pleura D010997:Pleural Neoplasms D035441:Thoracic Wall
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