Diaphragmatic crus lipoma is a rare entity and it occasionally occurs bilaterally. In this case, a patient with bilateral and symmetric shape diaphragmatic lipomas that were demonstrated during routine thoraco-abdominal CT examination is presented.
Diaphragmatic crus lipoma: a case report
β Scribed by Orhan Oyar; Gulgun Kayalioglu; Ufuk Cagirici
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 351 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0895-6111
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β¦ Synopsis
Diaphragmatic crus lipoma is a very rare entity. In this case report, smooth, rounded masses of diaphragmatic lipoma, incidentally observed in a 37-year-old female on routine abdominal computed tomographic scanning is presented.
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