Pleural lipoma

Rebecca Lindell

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511977701.067

Pleural lipoma

Rebecca Lindell

Radiology

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Imaging description Pleural lipomas are benign, rare, and asymptomatic tumors [1]. The pleural location and fat content of a pleural lipoma is not always identifiable on chest radiographs [1]. CT will show a well-defined, homogeneous, fat attenuation mass (HU less than –50) with obtuse margins along the pleura, which displaces adjacent pulmonary parenchyma [1, 2] [Figures 66.1–66.4]. Pleural lipomas are hyperintense on T1-weighted images and moderately intense on T2-weighted images on MRI [1]. Importance A pleural lipoma is usually inconsequential but may present a diagnostic dilemma on radiographs and, rarely, CT as they must be distinguished from other causes of a nodule or mass.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Pearls and Pitfalls in Thoracic Imaging
Subtitle of host publication	Variants and Other Difficult Diagnoses
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	176-177
Number of pages	2
Volume	9780521119078
ISBN (Electronic)	9780511977701
ISBN (Print)	9780521119078
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511977701.067
State	Published - Jan 1 2011

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