TY - JOUR TI - Giant Lipoma chest extending into the thoracic cavity - unique entity: a case report A1 - Naeem, Muhammad A2 - Iqbal, Muhammad A3 - Imran, Muhammad Babar A4 - Afzal, Muhammad Shahazad A5 - Alam, Muhammad Mehboob JF - European Journal of Medical Case Reports JO - EJMCR SN - 2520-4998 VL - 1 IS - 3 SP - 131 EP - 134 Y1 - 2017 AB - AbstractBackground: Lipomas are most frequent benign soft tissue tumours with incidence of about 6 %. For giant lipoma, chest wall is the rare site. Extension in the thoracic cavity is unique. No case of chest wall lipoma with extension in thoracic cavity is reported.Case presentation: We report a rare case of left anterior chest wall lipoma in 45 year old man for 15 years. It had extension in the thoracic cavity. On CT scan, its size was 145mm x 132mm x 90mm and in the chest cavity it was 119mm x 60mm x 72mm size. Patient had minimum symptoms. Core biopsy confirmed the benign nature. Surgical excision under GA was done. Recovery was uneventful. Histopathology report confirmed as "Giant Lipoma". Conclusion: Giant lipoma of the anterior chest with extension into thoracic cavity is a rare presentation. Even with such large size, they can give minimum symptoms. Proper pre-operative assessment of such large lesions is very important for proper management. PB - https://www.ejmcr.com DO - 10.24911/ejmcr/1/31 UR - https://www.ejmcr.com/?mno=262005 ER -