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Abstract
Case Report
A case of middle mediastinal angiolipoma complicated by left pleural effusion
Keiko Akazawa Satoshi Ikegame Michihiro Yoshimi Yoshiaki Tao Kan Okabayashi Shohei Takata
National Hospital Organization Fukuoka-Higashi Medical Center
ABSTRACT
A sixty-one-year-old female complaining of dyspnea and cough was referred because of a left-pleural effusion on a chest radiograph. After the chest drainage, contrast-enhanced chest computed tomography revealed a lobulated nodule with strong enhancement above the aortic arch. Definite diagnosis was not derived by the exudative pleural effusion, which mainly consisted of lymphocyte and mesothelial cells. For the diagnosis and treatment, the tumor was resected by thoracoscope. The pathological examination resulted in a diagnosis of angiolipoma. After surgery, she was followed up for 6 months with no recurrence of tumor or pleural effusion. This case is noteworthy because of rareness of the mediastinal angiolipoma and also the complication of the pleural effusion.
KEYWORDS
Angiolipoma Mediastinal tumor Pleural effusion
Received 22 Feb 2016 ／ Accepted 5 Jul 2016
AJRS, 5(6): 312-315, 2016
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