Current Thoracic Surgery
2019 , Vol 4 , Issue 2
Giant lipoma of the chest wall
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
DOI :
10.26663/cts.2019.00120
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Chest wall tumors may originate from the skin, muscles, adipose tissue, nerves and blood vessels,
bone and cartilage tissue. Primary malignant tumors of the chest wall are rare. When contextualized,
soft tissue stands out as the major origin of primary chest wall tumors. Lipomas, one of the most
common benign soft tissue lesions, may mimic malignant masses with their clinical and radiological
manifestations. We aimed to present a case of giant lipoma with the complaint of severe pain with the
review of the literature.
Keywords :
chest wall tumors, giant lipoma, malignancy