Giant lipoma of chest wall

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A 56-year-old woman presented with giant lipoma of the posterior chest wall (Fig. 1) with the history of progressively enlarging mass during the 14 years. Magnetic resonance examination showed an extrathoracic tumour (35×20×15 cm in diameter) of the right posterior hemithorax without an infiltration to the thoracic wall, which was lipomatous in origin (Fig. 2a) . After tumour excised totally, histology confirmed lipoma (Fig. 2b). Preoperative appearance of giant lipoma. (a) Transverse (up) and coronal image (down) of magnetic resonance showing a giant extrathoracic tumour of right posterior hemithorax without an infiltration to the thoracic wall. (b) Histopathologic examination of the mass revealed lipoma.