Lipoma of the external thoracic wall.
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چکیده
We report the case history of an external thoracic wall lipoma, which was noticed incidentally on a chest roentgenogram because of its calcification. A probable diagnosis was made by computer tomography. Because of the increase in size of the tumour it was removed surgically, but no evidence of malignant degeneration was found.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The European respiratory journal
دوره 7 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1994