Successful management of pleural lipoma by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Pleural lipoma is an extremely rare clinical entity. Symptomatic pleural lipoma is rarer. We report a case of symptomatic pleural lipoma which was successfully managed by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). A brief review of relevant literature has been included in the article.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Seetharam Prasad, Lingadakai Ramachandra, Saurabh Agarwal, Digvijay Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Minimal Access Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.journalofmas.com/article.asp?issn=0972-9941;year=2012;volume=8;issue=1;spage=19;epage=20;aulast=Prasad