Open AccessAvoiding invasive surgical procedures for a slow‐growing asymptomatic huge anterior mediastinal lipoma under watchful waiting
Author(s) -
Motomura So,
Yamashita Shun,
Tago Masaki,
Yamashita Shuichi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5190
Subject(s) - medicine , watchful waiting , asymptomatic , lipoma , surgery , mediastinal mass , radiology , general surgery , cancer , prostate cancer
A mass shadow in the right lower lung field was detected by chest X‐ray in a 79‐year‐old woman, which was eventually diagnosed as anterior mediastinal lipoma. She remained under watchful waiting without surgery for 9 years without developing symptoms, even though the lipoma had grown to an extremely large size.