Premium
Pericardial Lipoma: An Autopsy Case and Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
Durak Dilek,
Eren Bülent
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of forensic sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.715
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1556-4029
pISSN - 0022-1198
DOI - 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00460.x
Subject(s) - pericardium , diaphragm (acoustics) , lipoma , autopsy , medicine , anatomy , adipose tissue , malignancy , liposarcoma , pathology , lung , sarcoma , surgery , physics , acoustics , loudspeaker , endocrinology
Postmortem examination performed on a 70‐year‐old man revealed a thinly encapsulated, ovoid, large mass in the right hemithorax. The tumor was attached with its pedicle to the atrioventral pericardium and adjoined the diaphragm with compression of the right lower lobe of the lung. There was no adhesion between the tumor and the surrounding organs. Light microscopy showed a lipoma consisting of mature adipose tissue, and no malignancy was found.