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Pleural lipoma in a child-CT evaluation

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Lipoma is a benign neoplasm composed of adult adipose tissue and occasionally fibrous stroma. These lesions occur most often in adults and rarely in the pleura. We describe a case of a lipoma in a 3 1/2 year old child that presented as a pleural-based mass.

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Storey, T.F., Narla, L.D. Pleural lipoma in a child-CT evaluation. Pediatr Radiol 21, 141–142 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02015632

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