Symptomatic pleural lipoma: Case report

Tegeltija Dragana; Bijelović Milorad; Samardžija Golub; Vasiljević Tijana

Archive of Oncology (Jan 2018)

Symptomatic pleural lipoma: Case report

Tegeltija Dragana,
Bijelović Milorad,
Samardžija Golub,
Vasiljević Tijana

Affiliations

Tegeltija Dragana: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Novi Sad + Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina, Department of Pathology, Sremska Kamenica
Bijelović Milorad: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Novi Sad + Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sremska Kamenica
Samardžija Golub: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Novi Sad + Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases of Vojvodina, Department of Pathology, Sremska Kamenica
Vasiljević Tijana: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Novi Sad + Oncology Institute of Vojvodina, Department of Pathoanatomical and Laboratory Diagnostics, Sremska Kamenica

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 24, no. 2
pp. 24 – 25

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Symptomatic pleural lipoma is an extremely rare clinical entity that can occur in all age groups and involve both sexes equally. The treatment can be done using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. We report a case of symptomatic pleural lipoma that was successfully removed using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

Published in Archive of Oncology

ISSN: 0354-7310 (Print); 1450-9520 (Online)
Publisher: Institute of Oncology, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia
Country of publisher: Serbia
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Website: https://scindeks.ceon.rs/journaldetails.aspx?issn=0354-7310

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