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Shan Kai Ing1, Jennie Geok Lim Tan2, A H Mohd Zain3
1Respiratory Unit, Department of Medicine Sibu General Hospital, Ministry of Health Malaysia Sibu Sarawak Malaysia.
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Intrathoracic lipomas are rare benign tumours that may attain considerable size before detection. We report a 38-year-old woman in whom a huge intrathoracic lipoma was incidentally identified on chest radiography during preoperative assessment. Computed tomography demonstrated a large, well-circumscribed fat-attenuation lesion occupying nearly the entire right hemithorax, causing near-total lung collapse and mediastinal shift. Image-guided biopsy confirmed a benign lipoma. This case highlights the characteristic imaging features of intrathoracic lipoma and underscores the importance of histopathological confirmation to exclude liposarcoma, even in asymptomatic patients with marked thoracic compression.
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