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Chest wall lipoma

MedGen UID:
234118
•Concept ID:
C1332932
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Chest Wall Lipoma; chest wall lipoma; Lipoma of chest wall; Lipoma of Chest Wall; lipoma of chest wall; Lipoma of the Chest Wall; lipoma of the chest wall
SNOMED CT: Lipoma of chest wall (448270009)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0000971

Definition

A benign adipose tissue neoplasm of the chest wall. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVChest wall lipoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Management of primary chest wall tumors: 14 years' clinical experience.
Hsu PK, Hsu HS, Lee HC, Hsieh CC, Wu YC, Wang LS, Huang BS, Hsu WH, Huang MH
J Chin Med Assoc 2006 Aug;69(8):377-82. doi: 10.1016/s1726-4901(09)70276-x. PMID: 16970274

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Benign but Terminal: Cardiopulmonary Collapse from a Massive Chest Wall Lipoma.
Paulraj S, Harne PS, Mirchia K, Mian S, Sohal R, Habib G, Shah A, Amzuta I
J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep 2020 Jan-Dec;8:2324709620949293. doi: 10.1177/2324709620949293. PMID: 32806974Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Chest wall lump: lipoma or intramuscular myxoma?
Raniwsky A, Schmidt M, Eid JJ, Lee MW
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2020 May;68(5):546-548. Epub 2019 Jun 14 doi: 10.1007/s11748-019-01157-9. PMID: 31201611
Intrathoracic chest wall lipoma: mimicking a soft tissue neoplasm on a chest radiograph.
Madani Y, Oozeerally Z, Syed I, Jubber A
Clin Med (Lond) 2013 Dec;13(6):628. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.13-6-628. PMID: 24298118Free PMC Article
Transmural thoracic lipoma: CT and MRI features.
Labuski MR, Hopper KD
Magn Reson Imaging 1993;11(4):593-4. doi: 10.1016/0730-725x(93)90478-v. PMID: 8316072

Prognosis

Benign but Terminal: Cardiopulmonary Collapse from a Massive Chest Wall Lipoma.
Paulraj S, Harne PS, Mirchia K, Mian S, Sohal R, Habib G, Shah A, Amzuta I
J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep 2020 Jan-Dec;8:2324709620949293. doi: 10.1177/2324709620949293. PMID: 32806974Free PMC Article

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