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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005;130:1468-1469
© 2005 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Brief Communication

Intraosseous lipoma of the rib

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ataturk University, School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey.
^b Department of Pathology, Ataturk University, School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey.

Received for publication June 28, 2005; accepted for publication July 19, 2005.

^_* Address for reprints: Atilla Eroglu, MD, Ataturk University, Medical Faculty, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Erzurum, Turkey. (Email: aeroglu@atauni.edu.tr; atilaeroglu@hotmail.com).

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Although lipoma is the most common tumor of the body, intraosseous location is rare. Intraosseous lipomas are benign bone tumors composed of mature adipocytes. They represent 0.08% of all primary bone tumors and are usually asymptomatic, with the diagnosis being made incidentally. Most involve long bones, especially in the lower extremities. Intraosseous lipoma of the rib is an extremely uncommon benign tumor, only two cases having been published in the literature. We report an unusual case of intraosseous lipoma arising from the left sixth rib and briefly review the literature.

Clinical Summary

A 21-year-old man had a 5-month history of left-sided chest pain. On physical examination, a non-tender ill-defined hard mass was palpable overlying the left sixth to seventh ribs. Plain radiograph of the chest revealed a large expansive lytic destructive lesion arising from the posterior end of left sixth rib. Computed tomographic (CT) scan revealed a well-defined localized expansive mass having a soft tissue center and internal thick septations (Figure 1). The lesion had a large intrathoracic component . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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