Diagnostics of Peripherally Located Intrathoracic Lipoma
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Diagnostics of Peripherally Located Intrathoracic Lipoma
In the differential diagnosis of lipomas, fibromatous hamartoma, liposarcoma, fibrolipoma and teratoma may be mentioned as fat-containing lesions of peripheral localization. However, these lesions are different from lipomas in that they contain soft tissue components and are not homogeneous. Furthermore, they are much larger than lipomas, are infiltrative and their CT density is greater than -5...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Informatica Medica
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0353-8109
DOI: 10.5455/aim.2012.20.129-130