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British Journal of Radiology (2004) 77, 68-70
© 2004 British Institute of Radiology
doi: 10.1259/bjr/11673389
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Case report

Progressively enlarging paracardial lipoma in a child

A Trusen, MD1, M Beissert, MD, PhD1, G Schultz, MD1, K Ergezinger, MD2, A Marx, MD, PhD3 and K Darge, MD, PhD1

1 Department of Paediatric Radiology, Institute of Radiodiagnostics, 2 University of Children's Hospital and 3 Institute of Pathology, University of Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Straße 2, 97080 Wuerzburg, Germany

Mediastinal lipomas are slowly growing tumours. Only very few cases have been reported in children. None of these included a rapidly enlarging lipoma. We present an 8-year-old severely adipose girl with an incidentally diagnosed mediastinal lipoma that showed rapid enlargement within 7 weeks.






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