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Peripheral intrapulmonary lipoma: a rare lung neoplasm

¹ Radiology Department, James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW and ² Radiology Department, Darlington Memorial Hospital, Darlington DL3 6HX, UK

View larger version (61K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. (a,b) Posteroanterior chest radiograph demonstrates a well-defined 15 mm nodule in the left lower lobe at the left costophrenic angle (arrowhead).

View larger version (92K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. CT of the thorax (10 mm slice thickness, lung windows: window level -600 HU/window width 1000 HU) in the same patient showing a well circumscribed, rounded lesion in the lateral basal segment of the left lower lobe. The density is that of fat.

View larger version (101K): [in a new window]   Figure 3. Barium enema film of the same patient 12 years earlier confirming the presence of the lung lesion (arrowhead).